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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 510 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOVERNORS . See also:

Arthur C. Mellette . Republican 1889-1893 See also:Charles H. See also:Sheldon . 1893-1897 See also:Andrew E. See also:Lee . Populist 1897-1901 Charles N. Herreid Republican 1901-1905 See also:Samuel H. Elrod 1905-1907 See also:Coe I. See also:Crawford „ 1907-1909 See also:Robert S. Vessey 1909- f31s1,1oGRArHv.—For See also:physical description see the Bulletins of the See also:South Dakota See also:Geological Survey (See also:Vermilion, 1894 sqq.) ; N.

H. Darton, See also:

Geology and Underground See also:Waters of South Dakota (See also:Washington, 1909), See also:Water See also:Supply See also:Paper 227 of the U.S. Geological Survey; See also:James See also:Edward Todd, " The Hydrographic See also:History of South Dakota " in vol. xiii. of the Bulletin of the Geological Society of See also:America (See also:Rochester, 1902). And for See also:administration and history see Hagerty, The Territory of Dakota (See also:Aberdeen, 1889) ; E. L. See also:Grantham, (ed.) Statutes of South Dakota (2nd revised ed., 2 vols., 1901); See also:Doane See also:Robinson, A Brief History of South Dakota (New See also:York, 1905); J. F. See also:Kelly, See also:Manual of the Township and Road See also:Laws of South Dakota 1907; the See also:state constitution, biennial reports of the auditor, secretary of state and See also:superintendent of public instruction, and See also:annual reports of the railway commissioners, See also:insurance See also:department and treasurer. SOUTHEND-ON-See also:SEA, a municipal See also:borough and watering-See also:place in the south-See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, on the See also:estuary of the See also:Thames. Pop. (1901), 28,857. See also:Area, 5172 acres.

It is 36 m. E. from See also:

London by the London, Tilbury & Southend railway; and is served also by the See also:Great Eastern railway, and during the summer by steamers from London. It first sprang into See also:notice from a visit of See also:Queen See also:Caroline in 1804, and as it is the nearest seaside resort to London it is much frequented. The bathing is See also:good, but the See also:tide recedes with great rapidity and for nearly a mile. The See also:pier, which is over I y m. in length, permits the approach of steamers at all tides. Westcliff-on-Sea, a western suburb, has a station on the London and Tilbury See also:line. Westward again is See also:Leigh-on-Sea (an See also:urban See also:district, pop. 3667); its lofty Perpendicular See also:church See also:tower is visible from afar. At See also:Hadleigh, 4m. See also:west, there is a Salvation See also:Army See also:farm See also:colony. The church of Hadleigh is See also:Norman, with an eastern See also:apse, and later additions. The See also:castle was built in the 13th See also:century, and two ruined towers and other fragments remain. See also:Thorpe See also:Bay is a residential suburb about See also:mid-way between Southend and See also:Shoeburyness.

Eastwood, Great Wakering and Little Wakering are parishes in the See also:

neighbour-See also:hood. Southend was incorporated a municipal borough in 1894, under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors; in 1910 these See also:numbers were increased to 8 aldermen and 24 councillors.

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