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KANE , 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 of McKean See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 90 M. E.S.E. of See also:

ERIE

Erie. Pop. (189o), 2944; (1900), 5296, (971 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 6626. It is served by the Pennsylvania, the See also:

Baltimore & See also:

OHIO

Ohio, the Kane & See also:

ELK

Elk, and the Big Level & Kinzua See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. It is situated about 2015 ft. above the See also:

sea in a region producing natural See also:

GAS

gas, oil, See also:

LUMBER

lumber and See also:

SILICA

silica, and has some reputation as a summer resort. The borough has manufactories of window See also:

glass, See also:

PLATE

plate glass and bottles, and repair shops of the Pennsylvania railroad. Kane was settled in 1859, and was incorporated as a borough in 1887. It was named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of its founder Gen. See also:

Thomas L. Kane (1822–' 1883), See also:

BROTHER

brother of See also:

ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha See also:

Kent Kane.

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