The Mayflower..
The Mayflower..
They named it the James river.
The settlers named it after their king King James.
it got its name by the settlers who lived in virginia. They named him after their king who was King James.
A saskatoon is a little purple berry. Lots grew by the Saskatchewan river, where Saskatoon is now, and so the settlers named it after these berries.
The first settlement was made in 1623 by a Scotchman named Thomson, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, and was called Little Harbor.
The element named after a river is 'samarium,' which is named after the Vistula River in Poland.
The state of Ohio was named for the river which runs through it. The Iroquois which inhabited the region had already named the Ohio river, and European settlers decided to use that name for the land as well as the body of water.
Cambridge was named after the University of Cambridge in England, with the city being established in 1630 by English settlers. The name was chosen to honor the prestigious university and reflect the settlers' desire to establish a center of learning and culture in the New World.
Chief Seattle often helped the white settlers in the area. Thankful settlers named their town Seattle after him.
There was no explorer named after the Hudson river. The Hudson river was named after the explorer, Henry Hudson.
When we were opened for settlers.