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FORT See also:SCOTT , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Bourbon county, See also:Kansas, U.S.A., on the Marmaton See also:river, about 100 m. S. of Kansas City, See also:Missouri. Pop. (1880) 5372; (1890) 11,946; (1900) 10,322, of whom 1205 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 10,463. It is the point of intersection of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & See also:Memphis (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 & See also:San Francisco See also:system), the Missouri, Kansas & See also:Texas, and the Missouri Pacific See also:railways, and has in consequence a large See also:traffic. The city is built on a See also:rolling See also:plain. Among its institutions are an Epworth See also:house (1899), See also:Mercy See also:hospital (1889), the Goodlander See also:home, and a See also:Carnegie library. Near the city there is a See also:national See also:cemetery. Fort Scott is in the midst of the Kansas See also:mineral See also:fields, and its See also:trade in bituminous See also:coal is especially important. See also:Building stones, See also:cement See also:rock, See also:clays, oil and See also:gas, See also:lead and See also:zinc are also found in the neighbourhood. An excellent See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:sulphur See also:water is procured from artesian See also:wells about Boo ft. deep, and there is a mineral-water See also:bath house. The city is also a trading centre fora See also:rich farming region, and is a See also:horse and See also:mule See also:market of considerable importance. Among its manufactures are See also:mat-tresses, See also:syrup, bricks, pottery, cement and foundry products. In 1905 the See also:total value of the city's factory product was $1,349,026, being an increase of 89% since 1900. The city owns and operates its waterworks. The fort after which the city is named was established by the Federal See also:government in 1842, at a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time when the whole of eastern Kansas was still parcelled out among See also:Indian tribes; it was abandoned in 1855. The See also:town was platted in 1857, and Fort Scott was chartered as a city in 1860.
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