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CHILLICOTHE

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Ross county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of the Scioto See also:river, on the Ohio & See also:Erie See also:Canal, about 50 M. S. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (189o) 11,288; (190o) 12,976, of whom 986 were negroes, and 910 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 14,508. Chillicothe is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio See also:South-Western (which has railway shops here), and other See also:railways. The city has two parks. There are several See also:ancient mounds in the vicinity. Chillicothe is built on a See also:plain about 30 ft. above the river, in the midst of a fertile agricultural region, and has a large See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:coal, and in manufactures. The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,615,959 in 1900 to $3,146,890 in 1905, or 94.7%. Chillicothe was founded in 1796, and was first incorporated in 1802. In 1800-1803 it was the See also:capital of the See also:North-See also:West Territory, and in 1803-1810 and 1812-1816 the capital of Ohio. Three See also:Indian villages See also:bore the name Chillicothe, each being in turn the See also:chief See also:town of the Chillicothe, one of the four tribal divisions of the See also:Shawnee, in their See also:retreat before the whites; the See also:village near what is now Oldtown in See also:Greene county was destroyed by See also:George See also:Rogers See also:Clark in 178o; that in See also:Miami county, where See also:Piqua is now, was destroyed by Clark in 1782; and the Indian village near the See also:present Chillicothe was destroyed in 1787 by Kentuckians.

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Henry See also:Howe, See also:Historical Collections of Ohio (Columbus, 1891).

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