Sunday, June 23, 2019

USONA***
A TOWN IN ALBERTA 
ALSO 
US OUT OF NORTH AMERICA 

*** United States of North America 

Fitting comfortably into this mould, British and American migrants also arrived and were part of the early fabric of the region. This presence is reflected in the names of rural districts. For example, a district in the Wetaskiwin area called Usona is reputedly an acronym for 'United States of North American' and other districts carry the names of individual states, such as Nebraska and Dakota. Prior to World War I, most American immigrants worked in agriculture and arrived seeking homesteads in Alberta at that time. American immigrants were largely dry land farmers from the United States and many of them returning to Canada. 
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A look at the American-Canadian relationship – Red Deer Express
https://www.reddeerexpress.com/opinion/a-look-at-the-american-canadian-relationship/
Jul 4, 2018 - In the early days of Alberta's history (i.e. the 1860s and 1870s), one of the main ... Another was Usona, short for United States of North America.

A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names
https://books.google.ca/books?isbn=0486310817
Frank K. Gallant - 2012 - ‎Travel
Stories About Unusual American Place-Names Frank K. Gallant ... their rising little community after the United States of North America— U.S.O.N.A. 

United States of North America - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_North_America
United States of North America may refer to: A term used before 11 July 1778 to refer to the United States of America; Maurice Gomberg's 1942 Outline of the ...

Usona - Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Usona
An acronym of the United States of North America, a 19th-century name for the United States of America, variously attributed to "a St. Louis professor" or "a ...

USONA - United States of North America | AcronymFinder
https://www.acronymfinder.com/United-States-of-North-America-(USONA).html
How is United States of North America abbreviated? USONA stands for United States of North America. USONA is defined as United States of North America ..

Usona - Wiktionary 
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Usona
See also: usona ... referring to any one except himself and his fellow citizens choked off any chance of life the expression [Usona] might have had at that time.” ...

Usona Esperantisto - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_Esperantisto
Usona Esperantisto (English: American Esperantist) is the bi-monthly publication of Esperanto-USA, the organization for Esperanto speakers in the United ...

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