Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 104, 30 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SACRAMENTO. — Signifies Sacrament, or Lord’s Supper. The streams known as Feather and Sacramento rivers, were first respectively named by Lieutenant Moraga … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SANTA CLARA. — According to the Roman Book of Martyrs or Martyrology, as Hortolana, the pious mother of Santa Clara, was once … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. MARIN — This is the name of the great chief of the tribe Licatiut, and the other tributaries that inhabited this county … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. CONTRA COSTA. — This name signifies “opposite coast,” and the County is so called from its situation opposite San Francisco, in an … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SAN FRANCISCO. — The name of this County is famous throughout the Catholic world as being that of the creator of the … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SANTA CRUZ. — The name of this County signifies “holy cross.” The word cross, mystically speaking, is derived from the gibbet, which … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. NAPA.— The name of the tribe who occupied the valley of the same name. The meaning of the word is not ascertained. … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. MENDOCINO.— In the year 1535 Antonio de Mendoza, first Viceroy of New Spain, appointed by the Emperor, arrived at the city of … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. YOLO.- A corruption of the Indian word “Yoloy,” signifying a place abounding with rushes (tule,) with which the Indians composed the term … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. SONOMA.— The name of this county is an Indian word, signifying “Valley of the Moon,” by which the aborigines designated the valley … [Read more…]