Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BEATRICE

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 583 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

BEATRICE , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Gage county, in S.E. See also:Nebraska, U.S.A., about 40 M. S. of See also:Lincoln. Pop. (1900) 7875 (852 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 9356. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington& See also:Quincy, the Chicago, See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, and the See also:Union Pacific See also:railways. Beatrice is the seat of the See also:state See also:institute for feeble-minded youth, and has a See also:Carnegie library. The city is very prettily situated in the valley of the Big See also:Blue See also:river, in the midst of a See also:fine agricultural region. Among its manufactures are See also:dairy products (there is a large creamery), canned goods, See also:flour and grist See also:mill products, gasoline engines, well-machinery, barbed See also:wire, tiles, ploughs, windmills, See also:corn-huskers, and See also:hay-balers. Beatrice was founded in 1857, becoming the county-seat in the same See also:year. It was reached by its first railway and was incorporated as a See also:town in 1871, was chartered as a city in 1873, and in 1901 became a city of the first class.

End of Article: BEATRICE

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BEATON (or BETIIUNE), DAVID, (c. 1494-1546) 		[next]
BEATTIE, JAMES (1735—1803)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries  
"footer"> Site © 2006 - Net Industries