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MONTERREY (usually spelled See also:Monterey in See also:English) , a See also:city of See also:Mexico and See also:capital of the See also:state of Nuevo See also:Leon, 6o6 m. by the old See also:wagon road, and 671 m. by the Mexican See also:National railway N. by W. of the city of Mexico, in See also:lat. 25° 40' N., See also:long. See also:roe 25' W. Pop. (1900), 62,266. Railway communications are provided by the Mexican National with the See also:United States, with the national capital and See also:southern Mexico, and with See also:Matamoros, and by the Belgian See also:line with See also:Tampico on the Gulf See also:coast, and with Trevino, or Venadito, on the Mexican See also:International line, which gives See also:access to the See also:iron deposits of See also:Durango. The city stands 1624 ft. above See also:sea-level, between two spurs of one of the Sierra Madre ranges—the Cerro de la Silla (4149 ft.) on the See also:east, and the Cerro de See also:las Mitras (3618 ft.) on the See also:west. The See also:Santa Catarina See also:river furnishes See also:water-See also:power for some of its See also:industries. The surrounding See also:district is fertile, and the rainfall about 22 in. The See also:climate is dry and mild, and the city is frequented in See also:winter .by invalids from the United States. Monterrey is laid out with broad, straight streets See also:crossing each other at right angles, and spreads over a large See also:area. It is the see of the See also:bishop of See also:Linares, and has a large See also:cathedral, a bishop's See also:palace and numerous churches. Among the public edifices are the See also:government palace, municipal See also:hall, national See also:college, girls' college, medical school, public See also:hospital, See also:theatre and See also:penitentiary.

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works include an interesting old See also:reservoir, called the " Ojo de Agua," and the " Puente Nuevo " (new See also:bridge). Monterrey is the most important centre of See also:northern Mexico, and large sums of See also:foreign capital have been invested in its industries. Among its manufactories are woollen See also:mills, smelting works, See also:brass and iron foundries, a See also:steel producing plant, saw-mills, See also:flour-mills, breweries, and a See also:carriage and wagon factory. ` Monterrey was founded in 156o under the name of Santa See also:Lucia de Leon; and in 1596, as Monterrey, was raised to the dignity of a city. In 1777 it became the see of a bishop, nowsuffragan to the See also:archbishop of See also:Guadalajara. During the See also:war between Mexico and the United States See also:General Zachary See also:Taylor arrived before the city on the 19th of See also:September 1846, with about 6600 men. Monterrey was defended by a Mexican force of about 1o,000 under General Pedro de Ampudia. On the loth See also:Colonel See also:John See also:Garland (1792-1861) assaulted the See also:lower (See also:north-eastern) See also:part of the city; he was driven back, but captured one of the forts. The attacks on the See also:ether forts on the east were unsuccessful. On the 21st and 22nd General W. J. See also:Worth carried the forts west of Monterrey, and on the 23rd attacked the western part of the city, the troops slowly working their way toward the central plaza.

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day See also:American troops again advanced from the east, and were again forced back. On the See also:morning of the 24th the terms of a See also:capitulation were agreed upon—the Mexicans were permitted to retire, retaining their small arms and one See also:field See also:battery of six pieces with twenty-one rounds of See also:ammunition, and an See also:armistice of eight See also:weeks was arranged. A disastrous See also:flood, caused by heavy rains and the sudden overflow of the Santa Catarina river on the 28th of See also:August 1909, swept away about one-See also:fourth of the city, drowning 1200-1400 persons, and destroying about $12,000,000 (Mex.) worth of See also:property.

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