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FOND DU LAC

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 603 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAC , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Fond du Lac county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 6o m. N. of See also:Milwaukee, at the S. end of See also:Lake See also:Winnebago, and at the mouth of the Fond du Lac See also:river, which is navigable for only a See also:short distance. Pop. (1890) 12,024; (1900) 15,110, of whom 2952 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o) 18,797. 'The city is a railway centre of some importance,and is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault St See also:Marie, and the Chicago & See also:North-Western See also:railways, by interurban electric lines, and by steamboat' lines connecting through the See also:Fox river with vessels on the See also:Great Lakes. At North Fond du Lac, just beyond the city limits, are See also:car-shops of the two last-mentioned railways, and in the city are manufactories of machinery, automobiles, wagons and carriages, awnings, See also:leather, See also:beer, See also:flour, refrigerators, agricultural implements, toys and See also:furniture. The See also:total value of the city's factory products in 1905 was $5,599,606, an increase of 95.7% since 1900. The city has a See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:cathedral, the See also:Grafton See also:Hall school for girls, and St See also:Agnes See also:hospital and See also:convent, and a public library with about 25,000 volumes in 1908. The first settlers on the site of Fond du Lac arrived about 1835. Subsequently a See also:village was laid out which was incorporated in 1847; a city See also:charter was secured in 1852.

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