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ARDMORE , a township and the See also:county-seat of See also:Carter county, See also:Oklahoma, U. S. A., just S. of the Arbuckle Mountains, about 120 M. S. by E. of See also:Guthrie. Pop. (19o0) 5681; (1909) 8959 (2122 being negroes, and 1o8 See also:Indians); (1910) 86x8. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, the St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis & See also:San Francisco, and the Gulf, See also:Colorado & See also:Santa Fe See also:railways. Ardmore is the See also:market-See also:town and distributing point for the surrounding agricultural region, which is the See also:home of a large See also:part of the See also:Chickasaw and See also:Choctaw nations. It is situated
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890 ft. above the See also:sea in a See also:cotton and See also:grain producing region, in which See also:cattle are raised and See also:fruit and vegetables grown; See also:coal, oil, natural See also:gas and rock See also:asphalt (which is used for paving the streets of Ardmore) are found in the vicinity. Ardmore is an important cotton market, and has cotton gins, a cotton compress, See also:machine shops, See also:bridge See also:works, foundries, bottling works and manufactories of cotton-See also:seed oil, See also:brick, See also:concrete, See also:flour, brooms, mattresses and dressed See also:lumber. At Ardmore are the See also:Saint See also:Agnes See also:Academy, a See also:Catholic school for girls, and Saint Agnes See also:College for boys, a conservatory of See also:music, Hargrove College, and the Selvidge Commercial College. Near Ardmore is a summer school on the See also:Chautauqua (q.v.) See also:system. Ardmore was founded in 1887, and was incorporated in 1898.
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