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MERRILL

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 173 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MERRILL , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Lincoln county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., 185 m. N.W. of See also:Milwaukee, on both sides of the Wisconsin See also:river. Pop. (1910 See also:census), 8689. It is served by the See also:Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul railroad. The city is situated about 1270 ft. above the See also:sea and has an invigorating See also:climate. See also:Brook See also:trout and various kinds of See also:game, including See also:deer, abound in the vicinity. Grandfather Falls and the Delles of the See also:Prairie river are picturesque places near the city, and furnish See also:good See also:water-See also:power. The See also:principal public See also:building is the Lincoln county See also:court See also:house, and the city contains the T. B. See also:Scott See also:free library, a See also:fine high-school, and the Ravn See also:hospital, a private institution. See also:Riverside See also:Park is maintained by a See also:corporation, and a park along the Prairie river is owned and maintained by the city.

Merrill is an important hardwood See also:

lumber See also:market, and its principal See also:industry is the manufacture of lumber and lumber products. The manufacture of See also:paper and paper pulp and of lathes is also important. In loos the factory products were valued at $3,260,638. There are See also:granite quarries and brickyards in the vicinity. Merrill was settled in 1875, incorporated as a See also:village in 188o, and chartered as a city in 1883.

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