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LAFAYETTE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Tippecanoe county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., situated at the former See also:head of See also:navigation on the See also:Wabash See also:river, about 64 m. N.W. of See also:Indianapolis. Pop. (1900) 18,116, of whom 2266 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 20,081. It is served by the See also:Chicago, Indianapolis & See also:Louisville, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, Chicago & St 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, the See also:Lake See also:Erie & Western, and the Wabash See also:railways, and by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern (electric), and the Fort See also:Wayne & Wabash Valley (electric) railways. The river is not now navigable at this point. Lafayette is in the valley of the Wabash river, which is sunk below the normal level of the See also:plain, the surrounding heights being the walls of the Wabash See also:basin. The city has an excellent See also:system of public See also:schools, a See also:good public library, two hospitals, the Wabash Valley Sanitarium (Seventh See also:Day Adventist), St See also:Anthony's See also:Home for old See also:people and two See also:orphan asylums. It is the seat of Purdue University, a co-educational, technical and agricultural institution, opened in 1874 and named in See also:honour of See also:John Purdue (1802—1876), who gave it $15o,000. This university is under See also:state See also:control, and received the proceeds of the Federal agricultural See also:college See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of 1862 and of the second See also:Morrill See also:Act of 189c; in connexion with it
there is an agricultural experiment station. It had in 1908
1909 180 instructors, 1900 students, and a library of 25,000
volumes and See also:pamphlets. Just outside the city is the State
Soldiers' Home, where See also:provision is also made for the wives and widows of soldiers; in 1908 it contained 553 men and 700 See also:women. The city lies in the See also:heart of a See also:rich agricultural region, and is an important See also:market for See also:grain, produce and horses. Among its manufactures are See also:beer, foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products (the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville railway has shops here), See also:straw See also:board, See also:telephone apparatus, See also:paper, wagons, packed meats, canned goods, See also:flour and carpets; the value of the factory product increased from $3,514,276 in 1900 to $4,631,415 in 1905, or 31.8%. The See also:municipality owns its See also:water See also:works.
Lafayette is about 5 M. N.E. of the site of the See also:ancient Wea (See also:Miami) See also:Indian See also:village known as Ouiatanon, where the See also:French established a See also:post about 1720. The French See also:garrison gave way to the See also:English about 1760; the stockade fort was destroyed during the See also:conspiracy of See also:Pontiac, and was never rebuilt. The head-quarters of See also:Tecumseh and his See also:brother, the " See also:Prophet," were established 7 m. N. of Lafayette near the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, and the See also:settlement there was known as the " Prophet's See also:Town." Near this See also:place, and near the site of the See also:present village of See also:Battle Ground (where the Indiana Methodists now have a summer encampment and a See also:camp See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting in See also:August), was fought on the 7th of See also:November 1811 the battle of Tippecanoe, in which the See also:Indians were decisively defeated by See also:Governor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Harrison, the whites losing 188 in killed and wounded and the Indians about an equal number. The battle ground is owned by the state; in 1907 the state legislature and the See also:United States See also:Congress each appropriated $12,500 for a See also:monument, which took the See also:form of a See also:granite See also:shaft; 90 ft. high. The first See also:American settlers on the site of Lafayette appeared about 182o, and the town was laid out in 1825, but for many years its growth was slow. The completion of the Wabash and Erie See also:canal marked a new era in its development, and in 1854 Lafayette was incorporated.
LA FERTE, the name of a number of localities in See also:France, differentiated by agnomens. La Ferte Imbault (See also:department of Loir-et-See also:Cher) was in the See also:possession of Jacques d'ttampes (159o-1668), See also:marshal of France and See also:ambassador in See also:England,
who was known as the See also:marquis of La Ferte Imbault. La Ferte Nabert (the See also:modern La Ferte See also:Saint See also:Aubin, department of Loiret) was acquired in the 16th See also:century by the See also:house of Saint Nectaire (corrupted to Senneterre), and erected into a duchy in the See also:peerage of France (duche-pairie) in 1665 for See also:Henri de Saint Nectaire, marshal of France. It was called La Ferte Lowendal after it had been acquired by Marshal Lowendal in 1748.
LA FERT$-See also:BERNARD, a town of western France, in the department of See also:Sarthe, on the Huisne, 27 M. N.E. of Le Mans, on the railway from See also:Paris to that town. Pop. (1906) 4358. La Ferte carries on See also:cloth manufacture and flour-milling and has See also:trade in horses and See also:cattle. Its 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 of Notre See also:Dame has a See also:choir (16th century) with graceful See also:apse-chapels of See also:Renaissance See also:architecture and remarkable windows of the same See also:period; the See also:remainder of the church is in the. Flamboyant See also:Gothic See also:style. The town 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 occupies the superstructure and flanking towers of a fortified gateway of the 15th century.
La Ferte-Bernard owes its origin and name to a stronghold (fermete) built about the 11th century and afterwards held by the See also:family of Bernard. In 1424 it did not succumb to the English troops till after a four months' See also:siege. It belonged in the 16th century to the family of See also:Guise and supported the See also:League, but was captured by the royal forces in 1590.
LA FERT$-MILON, a town of See also:northern France in the department of See also:Aisne on the Ourcq, 47 M. W. by S. of See also:Reims by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 1563. The town has imposing remains comprising one See also:side flanked by four towers of an unfinished See also:castle built about the beginning of the 15th century by Louis of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, brother of See also:Charles VI. The churches of St See also:Nicholas and Notre-Dame, chiefly of the 16th century, both contain See also:fine old stained See also:glass. See also:Jean See also:Racine, the poet, was born in the town, and a statue by See also:David d'Augers has been erected to him.
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