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MUSCATINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 44 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUSCATINE , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Muscatine county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., on the See also:Mississippi See also:river (here crossed by a See also:wagon See also:bridge), at the See also:apex of the " See also:great See also:bend," in the See also:south-See also:east See also:part of the See also:state. Pop. (r89o), 11,454; (1900), 14,073, of whom 2352 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1gio See also:census) 16,178. It is served by the See also:Chicago See also:Milwaukee & See also:Saint See also:Paul, the Chicago See also:Rock See also:Island & Pacific, and the Muscatine See also:North & South See also:railways. It is built on high rocky bluffs, and is the centre of a See also:pearl-See also:button See also:industry introduced in 1891 by J. F. Boepple, a See also:German, the buttons being made from the shells of the fresh-See also:water See also:mussel found in the neighbourhood; and there are other manufactures. See also:Coal is See also:mined in the vicinity, and near the city are large See also:market-gardens, the water-melons growing on Muscatine Island (below the city) and sweet potatoes being their most important products. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks. Muscatine began as a trading-See also:post in 1833. Itwas laid out in 1836, incorporated as a See also:town under the name of See also:Bloomington in 1839, and first chartered as a city, under its See also:present name, in 1851.

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