Ogdensburg, New York.
I am ten years old, and study geography, and I would like to know why Rhode Island is so called, when it is not an island. I live on the St. Lawrence River. Last winter more than two thousand teams crossed on the ice, and this season not even a man could cross on foot.
Abner C. P.
The first settlement of Rhode Island was made on the island where Newport is now situated, and which contains about fifty square miles. The Indian name of the island was Aquetneck. There are various stories in regard to the origin of the present name, but the one generally accepted is that it was bestowed on account of a supposed resemblance to the Isle of Rhodes. The State was afterward named from the island.
H. W. Singer.—Your question is answered in Post-office Box, Young People No. 7.
Sallie R. E.—Read the answer to F. S. in Post-office Box, Young People No. 22.