Itasca
Itasca is a word coined by Henry Schoolcraft as a name for Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River. Schoolcraft coined the name from a combination of the Latin words veritas ("truth") and caput ("head").[1][2] The following places and ships have been named after the Mississippi Headwaters:
Places
- United States
- Itasca County, Minnesota
- Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Itasca Township, Sherman County, Kansas
- Itasca State Park
- Itasca, Illinois
- Itasca, Texas
- South Itasca, Wisconsin
- Itascatown, a historical settlement on Howland Island named after the United States Coast Guard Cutter Itasca (see below)
Ships
- United States
- USCGC Itasca (1929), a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1930 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1950, famous for her role during the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937
- USS Itasca, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
- USS Itasca II (SP-803), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919
References
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pg. 188
- ^ Upham, Warren. "Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
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