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Geographic Names Conference
Co-Hosted by the
Idaho State Historical Society
Steve Guerber, Executive Director
Dr. Larry Jones, Idaho State Historian
Jeff Ford, Conference Chairman
Download & Print the
Final Report
Tuesday, September 4
Pre-conference extra:
3:00 pm
Leave Idaho State Historical Society Museum, 610 Julia Davis Drive for the World
Center
for Birds of Prey (Peregrine Foundation) for a one hour visit
Noon
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7:00 pm
Registration---continues at Museum
6:30 pm
Reception---Museum
Program: Ice Breaker---With some states explaining how “Birds Affected
Geographic
Names within Their State (and/or Province)
Wednesday, September
5
Registration---continues at Museum
8:30 am Welcome to Idaho with introductions by Steve Guerber, Executive
Director, Idaho State Historical Society
Honorable Pete Cenarrusa, Secretary of State of Idaho, “How Idaho Got Its Name
and What It Means”
Honorable Brent Coles, Mayor of Boise, “Origin of the Name Boise and What It
Means”
Larry Jones, Idaho State Historian, Co-author of Emigrant Trails of Southern
Idaho, “A Tribute to Dr. Merle Wells”, late Idaho State Historian Emeritus,
charter recipient of Esto Perpetua Award, and charter member of Western States
Geographic Names Council plus member of Idaho Geographic Names Advisory Council
(IGNAC)
Jeff Ford, COGNA 2001 conference chair explaining goals, intent and content of conference and explanation of Sponge Time (see program for
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answer with time listed for each)
Roberta Quigley, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region Four and Chair for
Utah State Geographic Names Council--- Explanation of Special Mapping Project
centered on mountain men and their influence on geographic names throughout the
West
*1000 am 10:20am Break
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10:20 am
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noon Domestic Names Committee of United States
Board on Geographic Names (Session 1) Regular Monthly Meeting
1:30 pm
Lunch
+1:30 pm
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3:00 pm Domestic Names Committee,
(reconvene for session 2)
3:30 pm
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5:00 pm Visit the Basque Museum and
Cultural Center, Pelota Fronton and Boarding House at “Basque Block”
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Patty
Miller, Museum Director
*6:00 pm
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Basque Meal, Family Style at Idaho State Society Historical Museum---
Oinkari Basque Dancers
“Basque Influence on Idaho Geographic Names”
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John Bieter
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Co-author with brother Mark, An
Enduring Legacy. The Story of Basques in Idaho
Thursday, September 6
Place Names Society of United States (PLANSUS)
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9:00 am “2500 Stories: The Making of a Placename Book”, Ren Vasiliev, State University of New York, Geneseo
“In writing a placenames book of New York State villages, towns, and cities, I
have found that it is not one simple unified work, but one of many stories. I
would like to discuss the data gathering that goes into this type of work, as
well as the variety of names found in the state. New York is rich in Native
American names that offer a description of the landscape. It is also steeped in
some of the earliest Dutch and other European influences. And then there are the
simple, purely American names that honor people famous nationally or local, or
that describe the landscape as it was when the first settlers arrived, or that
have nothing to do with anything except that they sound nice. I would also like
to talk about the decision-making that goes into this kind of work: which and
how many names to include, which to rely on, and which stories are true.”
9:00 am
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9:30am “Development of a Toponymic Data
Exchange Model in Canada”, Barbara MacIntosh, Canadian Board of Geographical
Names
A contract submission to GeoConnections, entitled, “Toponymic Data Architecture
Standard for CGDI” has been accepted and work is underway. The purpose of this
contract is to define the common toponymic data architecture standard. This work
will involve reviewing the current business model and creating a new logical
data model, standard and exchange schema required for the efficient interchange
of toponymic data and its spatial extents between agencies through the Canadian
Geospatial Data
Infrastructure (CDGI). Implementation of this contract will include consultation
with the partners (members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada) and the
major clients of the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB).
9:30 am ---10:00 am Grant W. Smith, Immediate Past President of PLANSUS
presiding, Business Meeting
*10.00am 10:20am Break
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10:20 am
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noon State/Federal Roundtable---Roger
Payne, Executive Secretary, U.S. Board on Geographic Names---presiding
*noon
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1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)
+1:30 pm
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3:00 pm State/Federal Roundtable
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continued
*300 pm 320 pm Break
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3:40 pm “Sandwich Islands Influence on
Idaho Geographic Names” Judith Austin, Coordinator of Publications for Idaho State Historical Society, recent recipient of Western History Association Award of Merit and member of IGNAC
3:40 pm
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4:40 pm “David Thompson’s Influence on
Idaho Geographic
Names”--- Jack Nisbet, Author, Winner of the 1995 Idaho
Library Association’s Book of the Year Award along with
Washington Governor’s Writer’s Award the same year
*4:40-- Council of Geographic Names Authorities business meeting---T. Wayne Furr, Executive Secretary, presiding
Evening open
Friday, September 7
+8:30 am
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9:30 am
“(Lack of) Influence of
Mountain Lamb, Julia Ogden,
Marie Dorian and Other Forgotten Women: Indian Wives
of the Mountain Men on Idaho Geographic Names”--- Janet
Ward, American Association of University Women
(AAUW) Volunteer Lobbyist
9:30 am
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10:3 0 am “Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark, Their Influence on
Idaho Geographic Names”---Mike Venso, Photographer for Across the Snowy Ranges, The Lewis and
Clark
Expedition in Idaho and Montana, former Staff
Photographer, Lewiston Morning Tribune
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now with Salt
Lake City Tribune
1O30am 10:50am Break
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10:50 am
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11:50 am “Railroad Influence on Idaho
Geographic Names” Barbara Perry Bauer, Boise, Arrowrock Group, a research
organization
11:50 am
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12:10 pm Influence of Archival Support of
Geographic Names Search”---Steve Walker, Archivist, Idaho State Historical
Society, IGNAC member
12:10
pm
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1:40 pm Lunch (on your own)
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2:40 pm “Mormon Influence on Idaho
Geographic Names”--- F. Ross Peterson, History Professor, Utah State University,
Author, Idaho, A Bicentennial History, part of The States and The Nation
series, biographer of Senator Glen Taylor and recognized authority on
Chesterfield, Idaho
2:40 pm
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3:30 pm “Civil War Influence on Idaho
Geographic Names”--- Ken Swanson, Director, Idaho State Historical Society
Museum
and Civil War Enactor
*3:30 pm
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Semi Annual Meeting of Idaho Geographic
Names Advisory Council
+6:00 Banquet
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Museum
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Featuring Idaho Products
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Idaho
Rainbow Trout Piccata, Wild Rice Pilaf, Sauteed Seasonal
Vegetables, Twice Baked Potatoes and Apple Bread
Pudding with Dark Rum Sauce
“Names Run
Through It”
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Cort Conley, Director of Literature, Idaho
Arts Commission, Author, River Runner, Charter Recipient of Esto Perpetua Award, IGNAC member
Saturday, September 8
Toponymic Tour to Three Island Crossing and
other sites
8:10 am Leave parking lot of TableRock Brew Pub and Grill (across Capitol Blvd
to the west of Museum)
Under the guidance of Wagon Train Master, Larry Jones, Idaho State
Historian, we will visit and/or see: Oregon Trail (formerly known as
Overland Road), Kelton Stage Road, Source of Malad River at Devils
Wash Bowl, Interpretive Center at Three Island Crossing (often called
Three Island Ford in early days), view North Alternate Oregon Trail and
beginning of South Alternate Oregon Trail, Tea Pot Dome and (maybe
Rattlesnake Station), Bonneville Point, and preserved wagon ruts at
Oregon Trail Preserve above Boise River.
A Dutch Oven meal will be served at Three Island Crossing Park
Recommended to bring your Idaho State Road Map, Idaho Highway Historical Marker
Guide and Emigrant Trails of Southern Idaho
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