Author: Morris, Allen,
Title: Florida Place Names.
Description: Sarasota, FL, Pineapple Press, (1995). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images - Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades. The Indian. names of places describe place in terms useful to the Indians, cow ford, rabbit creek & fallen tree, other places are named after prominent citizens, other names suggested pleasant place to live such as Belle Glade, Avon by the Sea. Locha Apopka is Seminole for turtle eating place, Lipona is an anagram for Napoli named by Achille Murata, Prince of Napoli, eldest son of Napoleon's sister Caroline, during his exile in north Florida near Tallahassee, Jupiter, Juno, Mars and Venus were stops on an 8-mile narrow-gauge railroad nicknamed the Celestial Railroad.

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