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RICH HILL

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 306 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICH See also:HILL , a See also:city of See also:Bates See also:county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., situated near the Osage (Marais See also:des Cygnes) See also:river, in the See also:west central See also:part of the See also:state, about 75 M. S. by E. of See also:Kansas City. Pop. (1900) 4053, of whom 255 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o) 2755. It is served by the Missouri Pacific and the St. See also:Louis & See also:San Francisco railway systems. The city has two public parks, and is a trading centre for the surrounding fertile farming See also:country. See also:Coal is See also:mined in the vicinity. There are See also:lead and See also:zinc smelters, and a large vitrified See also:brick and See also:tile factory. The See also:municipality owns and operates its waterworks and See also:gas and electric-See also:lighting See also:plants; the city is supplied with natural gas. The See also:original Rich Hill was platted in 1867 somewhat See also:north-west of the site of the See also:present city, which was platted in 188o by an association that bought out the old See also:settlement. The new settlement was incorporated as a See also:village in ,88o, and chartered as a city in 1881.

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