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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PONTIAC , 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:

OAKLAND

Oakland county, See also:

Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:

Clinton See also:

RIVER

river, about 26 m. N.W. of See also:

DETROIT

Detroit. Pop. (189o), 6200; (1900) 9769, of whom 2020 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 U.S. See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 14,532. It is served by the See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

Trunk and the Pontiac, See also:

Oxford & See also:

NORTHERN

Northern See also:

RAILWAYS

railways (being the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the latter), and by the Detroit & Pontiac and the See also:

North-Western electric inter-See also:

urban lines. In the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country there are many small, picturesque lakes (the largest being See also:

ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

Orchard, about 6 m. See also:

south-See also:

east of Pontiac, See also:

CASS, LEWIS (1782–1866)

Cass and See also:

Elizabeth lakes), and there is See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting and fishing in the vicinity. In Pontiac is the Eastern Michigan See also:

Asylum for the insane (1878),.with grounds covering more than Soo acres. The city has various manufactures, and the value of the factory products increased from $2,470,887 in 1900 to $3,047,422 in 1904, or 23'3%. Agricultural products, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool from the surrounding country are shipped in considerable quantities. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its waterworks. Pontiac, named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the famous See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of that name, was laid out as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1818, became the county-seat in 182o, was incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 1837, and was chartered in 1861.

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