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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 391 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OWATONNA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Steele county, See also:

MINNESOTA

Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Straight See also:

RIVER

river, in the S.E. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, about 67 m. S. of Minneapolis and St See also:

Paul. Pop. (1900) 5561, of whom 116o were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born ; (1905) 5651; (1910) 5658. It is served by the See also:

Chicago, See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chicago & See also:

North-Western, the Chicago, See also:

Rock See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific and the Minneapolis, See also:

Rochester & See also:

DUBUQUE

Dubuque (electric) See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Four See also:

FINE

fine See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

bridges span the river at or near the city. Among the nublic buildings are a handsome county See also:

court-See also:

house, a cityhall, an armoury, a city See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a public library. Owatonna is the seat of the Pillsbury See also:

Academy (Baptist), the Sacred See also:

Heart Academy (See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic) and the Canfield Commercial School, and immediately See also:

west of the city is the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (z886). The city's commercial importance is largely due to its situation in a See also:

rich dairying and farming See also:

DISTRICT

district, for which it is the See also:

SHIPPING

shipping centre. It has also various manufactures. There are valuable See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs in the vicinity. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

Owatonna was settled about 1855, was incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 1865, was chartered as a city in 1875 and received a new See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1909. Its name is a See also:

SIOUX

Sioux word meaning " straight," the river having been previously named Straight river.

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