I hope you enjoyed the County Name Quiz. Here are the answers:
1. Judith Basin County was named for the Judith River. The river was named by Meriwether Lewis for his cousin, Judith Hancock of Faircastle, Virginia.
2. Garfield County was named for President James Garfield who was assassinated in 1881 after serving less than six months in office.
3. Ravalli County was named for the Jesuit Missionary, Father Anthony Ravalli, who arrived in the Bitterroot Valley in 1845. You can learn more about Father Ravilli at:
http://www.saintmarysmission.org/PhotoTourRavalli.html
4. The name for Mineral County was suggested by George Willett, a railroad employee who was elected to serve in the state legislature. Willett had served in the Philippines during the Spanish American War where he contracted leprosy. It took years before the symptoms of the disease developed and Willet had just been elected for a second term when he became ill. At that time there was no known cure for the malady. After living in quarantine near Alberton, he and his wife were forced to move to a leprosarium.
5. Lincoln County was named for President Abraham Lincoln.
6. Sanders County was named for Wilbur Fisk Sanders, nephew of the first territorial governor, Sidney Edgerton.
7. The counties that were named specifically to attract homesteaders were Richland, Golden Valley and Treasure. (I guess with the Bakken (check the spelling) oil boom, Richland County has really lived up to its name.)
8. Toole County was named for J.K. Toole, Montana’s first Governor.
9. The obvious answer for this question is Lewis and Clark County. The not so obvious one is Chouteau County which was named for Augustus and Pierre Chouteau, fur traders, American Pioneers and founders of the city of St. Louis.
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. On a final note here is some food for thought. If part of the county you live in were to break off to form a new county what would you suggest for the new county’s name?
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