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EVANSVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Vanderburg county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., and a See also:port of entry, on the N. See also:bank of the See also:Ohio See also:river, 200 in. below See also:Louisville, Kentucky—measuring by the windings of the river, which See also:double the See also:direct distance. Pop. (1890) 50,756; (1900) 59.007; (1010 See also:census) 69,647. Of the See also:total See also:population in 'coo, 5518 were negroes, 5626 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 438o from See also:Germany and 384 from See also:England), and 17,419 were of foreign parentage (both parents foreign-born), and of these 13,910 were of See also:German parentage. Evansville is served by the Evansville & Terre Haute, the Evansville & See also:Indianapolis, the See also:Illinois Central, the Louisville & See also:Nashville, the Louisville, See also:Henderson & 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, and the See also:Southern See also:railways, by several interurban electric lines, and by river See also:steam-boats. The city is situated on a See also:plateau above the river, and has a number of See also:fine business and public buildings, including the See also:court See also:house and city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the Southern Indiana See also:hospital for the insane, the See also:United States marine hospital, and the See also:Willard library and See also:art See also:gallery, containing in 19o8 about 30,000 volumes. The city's numerous railway connexions and its situation in a See also:coal-producing region (there are five mines within the city limits) and on the Ohio river, which is navigable nearly all the. See also:year, combine to make it the See also:principal commercial and manufacturing centre of Southern Indiana. It is in a See also:tobacco-growing region, is one of the largest hardwood See also:lumber markets in the See also:country, and has an important See also:shipping See also:trade in pork, agricultural products, dried fruits, See also:lime and See also:limestone, See also:flour and tobacco. Among its manufactures in 1905 were flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products (value, $2,638,914), See also:furniture ($1,655,246), lumleer and See also:timber products ($1,229,533), railway cars ($1,118,376), packed meats ($998,428), woollen and See also:cotton goods, cigars and cigarettes, See also:malt liquors, carriages and wagons, See also:leather and canned goods The value of the factory products increased from $12,167,524 in 'goo to $19,201,716 in 1905, or 57.8%, and in the latter year, Evansville ranked third among the manufacturing cities in the See also:state. The waterworks are owned and operated by the city. First settled about 1812, Evansville was laid out .in 1817, and was named in See also:honour of See also:Robert See also:Morgan See also:Evans (1783–1844), one of its founders, who was an officer under See also:General W. H. See also:Harrison in the See also:war of 1812. It soon became a thriving commercial See also:town, with an extensive river trade, was incorporated in 1819, and received a city See also:charter in 1847. The completion of the See also:Wabash
& See also:Erie See also:Canal, in 1853, from Evansville to See also:Toledo, Ohio, a distance of 400 m., greatly accelerated the city's growth.
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