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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASHLAND , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Ashland county, See also:

Wisconsin, U.S.A., situated about 315 M. N.W. of See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, and about 70 M. E. of See also:

SUPERIOR

Superior and See also:

DULUTH

Duluth, in the N. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, at the See also:

head of Chequamegon See also:

BAY

Bay, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of See also:

Lake Superior. Pop. (1890) 9956; (1900) 13,074, of whom 4417 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (191o, See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 11,J94. It is served by the See also:

Chicago & See also:

North-Western, the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Pacific, the Chicago, St See also:

Paul, Minneapolis & See also:

OMAHA

Omaha, and the Wisconsin Central See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by several steamboat lines on the See also:

GREAT

Great Lakes. The city is attractively situated, has a dry, healthful See also:

CLIMATE

climate, and is a summer resort. It has a See also:

FINE

fine Federal See also:

BUILDING

building, one of the best high-school buildings in Wisconsin, the Vaughn public library (1895), a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and the Rinehart hospital, and is the seat of the Northland See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and See also:

Academy (Congregational). Ashland has an excellent See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, has large See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-ore and See also:

COAL

coal docks, and is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

PORT

port for the shipment of iron ore from the See also:

rich Gogebic Range, the See also:

ANNUAL

annual ore shipment approximating 3,500,000 tons, valued at $12,000,000, and it has also an extensive export See also:

trade in See also:

LUMBER

lumber. Brownstone quarried in the vicinity is also an important export. The lake trade amounts to more than $35,000,000 annually. Ashland has large saw-See also:

mills, iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

ROLLING

rolling mills, foundries and See also:

machine shops, railway repair shops (of the Chicago & North-Western railway), See also:

KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

knitting See also:

WORKS

works, and manufactories of See also:

DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite, sulphite fibre, See also:

CHARCOAL

charcoal and See also:

wood-See also:

ALCOHOL

In 1905 its See also:

TOTAL

total factory product was valued at $4,210,265.

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