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OWENSBORO , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Daviess county, See also:Kentucky, U.S.A., on the See also:Ohio See also:river, 112 M. by See also:rail W.S.W. of See also:Louisville. Pop. (1890) 9837; (1900) 13,189, of whom 3061 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 16,or r. The city is served by the See also:Illinois Central, the Louisville & See also:Nashville, and the Louisville, See also:Henderson & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:railways, and by steamboat lines to river ports. At Owensboro are the Owensboro See also:College for See also:women (non-See also:sect.), opened in 1850, See also:Saint See also:Francis See also:Academy, and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic school for boys. Two See also:miles S. of the city is Hickman See also:Park (20 acres), a See also:pleasure resort, and E. of the city is a summer
See also:Chautauqua park. Owensboro is situated in a See also:good agricultural region; See also:coal, See also:iron, See also:building 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, See also:clay, oil, See also:lead and See also:zinc abound in the vicinity; and the city has a notably large See also:trade in See also:tobacco (especially See also:strip tobacco) and has various manufactures. The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,740,128 in 1900 to $4,187,700 in 1905, or 140.6%. The See also:municipality owns and operates its electric-See also:lighting plant and See also:water-See also:works. Owensboro was settled about 1798, and for several years was commonly known as Yellow See also:Banks; in 1816 it was laid out as •a See also:town and named Rossborough, and two years later the See also:present name was adopted in See also:honour of See also:Colonel See also:Abraham See also:Owen (1769–1811), a Virginian who removed to Kentucky in 1785, served in several See also:Indian See also:campaigns, and was killed in the See also:battle of Tippecanoe. Owensboro was incorporated as a city in 1866.
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