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ALBUQUERQUE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Bernalii'.o county, New See also:Mexico, U. S. A., situated in the central See also:part of the See also:state, about 325 M. S. by W. of See also:Denver, on the E. See also:bank of the Rio Grande, at an See also:altitude of 4950 ft. Pop. (ago) 3785; (1900) 6238 (956 See also:foreign-See also:born and 226 negroes); (1910 See also:census) 11,020. In 190o Albuquerque was the largest city in New Mexico. It is the connecting point of two See also:main lines of the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & See also:Santa Fe railway See also:system. A See also:short distance E. of the city is the university of New Mexico, under state See also:control, founded in 1889 and opened in 1892; in 1908 it had a See also:college of letters and See also:science, a school of See also:engineering, a school of See also:education, a preparatory school and a commercial school. Albuquerque is also the seat of the Harwood See also:Industrial School (Methodist) for Mexican girls, of the Menaul See also:Mission School (Presbyterian) for Mexican boys, and of a See also:government See also:Indian training school (1881) for boys and girls. The city has a public library. The excellent See also:climate has given Albuquerque and the surrounding See also:country a reputation as a See also:health resort. The city is an important railway centre, has extensive railway repair shops and stock-yards, and exports large quantities of live-stock, hides and See also:wool. The largest industrial See also:establishment is the See also:American See also:Lumber See also:Company's plant, including a saw-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, a See also:sash, See also:door and See also:blind factory and a See also:box factory. The See also:timber used, chiefly See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:pine, is obtained from the Zuni mountains. The city-has also See also:flour and woollen See also:mills, breweries and See also:ice factories. The old See also:Spanish See also:town of Albuquerque (pop. in 1900 about 1200) lies about 1 m. W. of the See also:present city; it was founded in 1706, and was named in See also:honour of the See also:duke of Albuquerque, See also:viceroy of New See also:Spain from 1702 to 1710. During the See also:Civil See also:War it was occupied, See also:late in See also:February 1862, by Confederate troops under See also:General See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886), who soon afterwards advanced with his main See also:body into See also:northern New Mexico. In his See also:retreat back into See also:Texas he made a stand on the 8th of See also:April 1862 at Albuquerque, where during the whole See also:day there was a fight at See also:long range and with few casualties against a detachment of See also:Union soldiers commanded, by See also:Colonel See also:Edward R. S. Canby (1819-1873). The See also:modern city See also:dates its origin from the completion of the first railway to Albuquerque in 1880.
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