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MEDINA , a See also:village 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 See also:county, in See also:north-See also:west New See also:York, U.S.A., about 4o m. N.E. of See also:Buffalo, and on See also:Oak See also:Orchard See also:Creek. Pop. (igoo), 4716; (857 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census), 5114; (191o) 5683. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson See also:River railroad, by the Buffalo, See also:Lockport & See also:Rochester (inter-See also:urban) railway, and by the See also:Erie See also:Canal. On Oak Orchard Creek and near the See also:city are electric See also:power See also:plants, at the Medina Falls and at a large storage See also:dam (6o ft. high ) for See also:water power, built in 1902. In the neighbourhood are extensive See also:apple, See also:peach and See also:pear orchards; and vegetables, especially. beans, are grown. There are valuable quarries of Medina See also:sandstone, a See also:good See also:building-, paving- and See also:flag-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, varying in See also:colour from See also:light See also:grey to brownish red, readily shaped and split, and less likely than See also:limestone to crack or than See also:granite to See also:wear slippery; it was first found at Medina in 1837. There was a saw-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 on the creek near here in 1805, but the See also:place was little settled before 1824, and its growth was due to the Erie Canal. It was incorporated in 1832.
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