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See also:LACROMA (Serbo-Croatian Lokrum) , a small See also:island in the Adriatic See also:Sea, forming See also:part of the See also:Austrian See also:kingdom of See also:Dalmatia,and lying less than See also:half a mile See also:south of See also:Ragusa. Though barely r 4 m. in length, Lacroma is remarkable for the beauty of its sub-tropical vegetation. It was a favourite resort of the See also:archduke See also:Maximilian, afterwards See also:emperor of See also:Mexico (1832—1867), who restored the See also:chateau and See also:park; and of the Austrian See also:crown See also:prince See also:Rudolph (1857—1889). It contains an rrth-See also:century See also:Benedictine monastery; and the remains of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, said by a very doubtful See also:local tradition to have been founded by See also:Richard I. of See also:England (1157—1199), See also:form part of the imperial chateau.
See Lacroma, an illustrated descriptive See also:work by the crown princess Stephanie (afterwards Countess Lonyay ) (See also:Vienna, 1892).
LA CROSSE, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of La Crosse county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., about 18o m. W.N.W. of See also:Milwaukee, and about 120 M. S.E. of St See also:Paul, See also:Minnesota, on the E. See also:bank of the See also:Mississippi See also:river, at the mouth of the See also:Black and of the La Crosse See also:rivers. Pop. (1900) 28,895; (1910 See also:census) 30,417. Of the See also:total See also:population in 1900, 7222 were See also:foreign-See also:born, 3130 being See also:German and 2023 See also:Norwegian, and 17,555 were of foreign-parentage (both parents foreign-born), including 7853 of German parentage, 4422 of Norwegian parentage, and 1062 of Bohemian parentage. La Crosse is served by the See also:Chicago & See also:North Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the La Crosse & South Eastern, and the See also:Green See also:Bay & Western See also:railways, and by river steamboat lines on the Mississippi. The river is crossed here by a railway See also:bridge (C.M. & St P.) and See also:wagon bridge. The city is situated on a See also:prairie, extending back from the river about 22 in. to bluffs, from which See also:fine views may be obtained. Among the city's buildings and institutions are the Federal See also:Building (1886—1887), the County See also:Court See also:House (1902—1903), the Public Library (with more than 20,000 volumes), the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (1891), the High School Building (1905—1906), the St See also:Francis, La Crosse and Lutheran hospitals, a See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association Building, a Young See also:Women's Christian Association Building, a U.S. See also:Weather Station (2907), and a U.S. See also:Fish Station (1905). La Crosse is the seat of a See also:state Normal School (1909). Among the city's parks are Pettibone (an island in the Mississippi), See also:Riverside, See also:Burns, See also:Fair Ground and Myrick. The city is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop. La Crosse is an important See also:lumber and See also:grain See also:market, and is the See also:principal wholesale distributing centre for a large territory in S.W. Wisconsin, N. See also:Iowa and Minnesota. Proximity to both See also:pine and hardwood fbrests See also:early made it one of the most important lumber manufacturing places in the North-See also:west; but this See also:industry has now been displaced by other manufactures. The city has grain See also:elevators, See also:flour See also:mills (the value of flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products in 1905 was $2,166,116), and breweries (product value in 1905, $1,440,659). Other important manufactures are agricultural implements ($542,425 in 1905), lumber and planing mill products, See also:leather, woollen, knit and See also:rubber goods, See also:tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, carriages, foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, See also:copper and See also:iron products, See also:cooperage, See also:pearl buttons, brooms and brushes. The total value of the factory product 111 1905 was $8,139,432, as against $7,676,581 in 1900. The city owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works See also:system, the wagon bridge (1890—1891) across the Mississippi, and a See also:toll road (22 M. See also:long) to the See also:village of La See also:Crescent, Minn.
See also:Father Hennepin and du Lhut visited or passed the site of La Crosse as early as 168o, but it is possible that adventurous coureurs-See also:des-bois preceded them. The first permanent See also:settlement was made in 1841, and La Crosse was made the county-seat in 1855 and was chartered as a city in 1856.
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