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HAZLETON , a See also:city of Luzerne See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 25 M. S. of Wilkes-See also:Barre. Pop. (189o) 11,872; (1900)
14,230, of whom 2732 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 25,452. It is served by the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania (for See also:freight), and the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton (electric) See also:railways. The city is built on a broad tableland on Nescopeck or Bak See also:Mountain, a See also:spur of the See also:Blue Mountains, about 162o ft. above See also:sea-level. It has a See also:park and a number of handsome residences; and its agreeable See also:climate and picturesque situation make it attractive as a summer resort. The city has a public library. Hazleton is near the centre of one of the richest See also:coal regions (the Lehigh or " Eastern See also:Middle Coal See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field ") of the See also:state, and its See also:principal See also:industry is the See also:mining and See also:shipping of See also:anthracite coal. It has See also:silk See also:mills, See also:knitting mills, See also:shirt factories, breweries, See also:macaroni factories, See also:lumber and planing mills, important See also:iron See also:works, a See also:casket factory and a large electric See also:power plant. The value of
' On the expression " See also:hazel eyes," see Notes and Queries, 2nd See also:ser. 337, and 3rd ser. iii. 18, 39.
2 For derivations of the word see Latham's See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's See also:Dictionary.
the city's factory products increased from $998,823 in 1900 to $2,185,876 in 1905, or 118.8%, only three other cities in the state having a See also:population of 8000 or more in 1900 showing a greater See also:rate of increase. There is a state See also:hospital here for the treatment of persons injured in mines. Hazleton was settled in 182o, was laid out in 1836, was incorporated as a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in 1856 and received a city See also:charter in 1891. The See also:local coal industry See also:dates from 1837.
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