How 50 States Got Their Names

[LonghornCatholic]

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[NBHorn7]

I have tried two different browsers and can't get that link to work.

My Texas history classes taught me that the name Texas came from the East Texas Indian tribes word "tejas." It was also a word used for "friend."

This lead to the state motto of Texas being "friendship."

TEXAS, ORIGIN OF NAME | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

 

[Dionysus]

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Link is missing the first "w" in the www.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/...ot-their-names/ss-AAfESJi?ocid=ASUDHP#image=1

 

[LonghornCatholic]

oops.

Thx D

 

[LonghornCatholic]

You were correct NDH

 

[NBHorn7]

You were correct NDH

Thanks LonghornMethodist.

 

[LousianaHorn]

Louisiana ......when de LaSalle claimed the land the would become the Louisiana Purchase for King Louis XIV in the mid-17th century.