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HANNIBAL , a See also:city of See also:Marion See also:county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., on the See also:Mississippi See also:river, about 12o m. N.W. of See also:Saint 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. Pop. (1890), 12,857 ; (1900),. 12,780, including 920 See also:foreign-See also:born and 1836 negroes; (191o) 18,341. It is served by the See also:Wabash, the Missouri, See also:Kansas & See also:Texas, the See also:Chicago, Burlingtgn & See also:Quincy, and the St Louis & Hannibal See also:railways, and by See also:boat lines to Saint Louis, Saint See also:Paul and intermediate points. The business See also:section is in the level bottom-lands of the river, while the residential portion spreads up the See also:banks, which afford See also:fine See also:building sites with beautiful views. See also:Mark See also:Twain's boyhood was spent at Hannibal, which is the setting of See also:Life on the Mississippi, See also:Huckleberry Finn and Tom See also:Sawyer; Hannibal See also:Cave, described in Tom Sawyer, extends for See also:miles beneath the river and its bluffs. Hannibal has a See also:good public library (1889; the first in Missouri); other prominent buildings are the Federal building, the See also:court See also:house, a city See also:hospital and the high school. The river is here spanned by a See also:long See also:iron and See also:steel See also:bridge connecting with See also:East Hannibal, See also:Ill. Hannibal is the See also:trade centre of a See also:rich agricultural region, and has an important See also:lumber trade, railway shops, and manufactories of lumber, shoes, stoves, See also:flour, cigars, See also:lime, See also:Portland See also:cement and See also:pearl buttons (made from See also:mussel shells); the value of the city's factory products increased from 10,698,72o in 1900 to $4,442,099 in 1905, or 64.6%. In the vicinity are valuable deposits of crinoid See also:limestone, a coarse 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 building See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone which takes a good See also:polish. The electric-See also:lighting plant is owned and operated by the See also:municipality. Hannibal was laid out as a See also:town in 1819 (its origin going back to See also:Spanish See also:land grants, which gave rise to much litigation) and was first chartered as a city in 1839. The town of See also:South Hannibal was annexed to it in 1843.
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