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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 516 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Utah county, Utah, U.S.A., on the Provo See also:river, 3 M. E. of Utah See also:Lake, and about 45 M. S. by E. of See also:Salt Lake City. Pop. (1890), 5159; (1900), 6185 (1176 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 8925. Provo is served by the Rio Grande Western and the See also:San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake See also:railways. It is situated at an See also:altitude of about 4530 ft., in a region of See also:fine scenery, Provo See also:Canon, Bridal See also:Veil Falls and Utah Lake being of especial See also:interest. The city has a See also:general See also:hospital and is the seat of the See also:state See also:mental hospital and of Brigham See also:Young University (a Mormon institution), founded by Brigham Young in 1875, opened as an See also:academy in 1876, and incorporated in 1896; it comprises a See also:college and high commercial, See also:music, arts and trades, agricultural and preparatory See also:schools. Provo has various manufactures, including woollen goods, See also:lime, pottery and bricks, and the city is a See also:shipping point for a fertile agricultural and See also:fruit-producing region. Within a See also:radius of See also:forty or fifty See also:miles of Provo are a number of 'important mines. Provo was settled in 1849 and was chartered as a city in 1851.

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