4(> PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES; [bull. 25& 
Biddeford: city in York County, Maine, named from the place in England whence 
some of the early settlers emigrated. 
Bienville; parish, and town in same parish, in Louisiana, named for Governor Jean 
Baptiste Lemoine Bienville, son of the French explorer who accompanied La 
Salle on his expedition. 
Big- Bar; post-office and mining settlement in Trinity County, California, named for 
the rich and extensive bars of placer gravel. 
Big- Blackfoot: river in the Rocky Mountains, Montana, the name of which is 
derived from the Blackfeet Indian tribe. 
Big Blue; creek in Missouri, which was formerly called Bluewater Creek, the name 
being derived from its French name, riviere de Veau bleue. 
Bigbone; village in Boone County, Kentucky, so named from the numbers of bones 
of mastodons discovered in the vicinity. 
Big Dry; creek in Montana, so named by Lewis and Clark, because it was dry 
when they reached it. 
Big Gravois; creek in .Missouri. A French name meaning "rubbish." 
Biggsville; village in Henderson County, Illinois, named for Thomas Biggs, who 
built the first mill. 
Bighorn; river in Montana, tributary to the Yellowstone River, so named from the 
Rocky Mountain sheep, frequently called "big horn." Its Indian (Dakota) 
name was papatunkau, meaning "big head." 
Bighorn; county in Wyoming, named from the range of mountains, which took 
their name from the sheep which were found in them. The Indian (Absaroka ) 
name of the mountains was ahsahta, meaning "big head." 
Bigler; lake in California, named for John Bigler, governor of the State. 
Big Muddy: creek in Missouri; the name is translated from that given it by the 
early French, grande riviere vaseuse, "great muddy river." 
Big Palm Springs; village in San Diego County. California, named for the desert 
palms or giant yuccas in the vicinity. 
Big Rapids; city in Mecosta County. Michigan, so named from rapids in the Mus- 
kegon River. 
Big Sioux; river in Minnesota and South Dakota, named from the Indian tribe. 
Big Spring; town in Meade County. Kentucky, so named from a springwhich rises 
near the middle of the town. There are fifteen other places in the country that 
boar this name because of the presence of springs. 
Bigstone; county in Minnesota, which takes its name from a river, which was 
doubtless named descriptively. 
Big Timber; town in Sweet Grass County. Montana, so named from a stream which 
rises in the Crazy Mountains and tlows into the Yellowstone River at a point 
opposite the town. This stream was called the Big Timber for years before the 
town was settled. 
Bigtooth; creek in Center County. Pennsylvania, a translation of the Indian name 
of the creek, mangipisink, "place where big teeth are found." 
Big Tree; village in Erie County. New York, so-called from the Indian village which 
formerly occupied the site, deonundaga, " big tree." 
Big Trees; village in Calaveras County, California, so named from a grove of about 
ninety enormous trees of the genus V quoia. 
Bigwood; river in Idaho, the name of which is derived from the name given by the 
early French traders, boisi <>r boisie, '•woody:" so called because of its wooded 
banks. 
Bijou; town in Eldorado County, California. A French word meaning a ''jewel." 
Bijou; hills in South Dakota, named for an early French hunter. 
Bijou Hills; village in Brule County, South Dakota, named from the hills. 
