Charles Hoag is said to have played a central role in the naming of the city of Minneapolis. In 1852 the Hennepin County commissioners selected Albion as the name for the city. Not liking it, Hoag, along with George Bowman, editor of the "St. Anthony Express," decided to come up with an alternative name. That night, Hoag was thinking about Indianapolis. Having been trying to form a word from Indian suffixes, he decided to combine the Greek "polis", meaning city, with part of Minnehaha. This was and is mistakenly thought to be Dakota for "laughing water," but it translates more accurately as "curling water" or "waterfall" (see Minnehaha Falls).