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BOONE , 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 Boone county, See also:

IOWA

Iowa, U.S.A., a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance from the See also:

DES

Des Moines See also:

RIVER

river and near the centre of the See also:

state. Pop. (189o) 6520; (1900) 888o; (1905, state See also:

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

census) 9500 (1334 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 10,347. It is served by the See also:

Chicago & See also:

North-Western (which has construction and repair shops here), the Chicago, See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

Paul See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by the Fort See also:

DODGE, THEODORE AYRAULT (1842–1909)

Dodge, Des Moines & See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern (inter-See also:

urban) railway, which connects with Des Moines, See also:

Ames, &c. Boone is an important See also:

COAL

coal centre; bricks and tiles are manufactured from the See also:

clay obtained near by; there is a packing plant for the manufacture of See also:

BEEF (through O. Fr. boef, mod. boeuf, from Lat. bos, bovis, ox, Gr. f3oiir, which show the ultimate connexion with the Sanskrit go, gaits, ox, and thus with " cow")

beef and pork products; and from the See also:

rich farming See also:

section by which the city is surrounded come large quantities of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, some of which is milled here, and live-stock. Boone was laid out in 1865, was incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1866, and was chartered as a city in 1868.

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