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RIPON , a See also:

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

city of Fond du See also:

LAC

Lac 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, See also:

Wisconsin, U,S.A., on See also:

SILVER

Silver See also:

Creek, about 22 M. W. of Fond du Lac, and about 75 M. N.W. of See also:

MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee. Pop. (1890), 3358; (1900), 3818, of whom 885 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905), 3811; (1910), 3739. Ripon is served by the See also:

Chicago & See also:

North-Western, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:

Paul See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The city has a See also:

Carnegie library, which also houses the library of the Ripon See also:

HISTORICAL

Historical Society, and is the seat of Ripon See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (non-sectarian, co-educational), which was founded in 1850 as the See also:

LYCEUM

Lyceum of Ripon, and was named Ripon College in 1864; in 1908 it had 23 instructors and 279 students. There are See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

ELEVATORS, LIFTS

elevators and various manufactories, among the products of which are See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese and other creamery products, See also:

FLOUR

flour, knit. goods, pickles and canned goods, woodenware, washing See also:

MACHINES

machines and gloves. The site of Ripon was See also:

PURCHASED

purchased in 1838 by See also:

John See also:

Scott See also:

Horner (1802-1883), of See also:

Virginia, secretary and acting-See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

Michigan Territory in 1835, and the first secretary of Wisconsin Territory in 1836-37, who named the See also:

VILLAGE

village when. it was established in 1849 from the seat of his ancestors in See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire. In May 1844 a See also:

settlement, named Ceresco or " the Wisconsin See also:

PHALANX (Gr. /&Xa'y, , of unknown origin)

Phalanx," a Fourierist community,' organized ' The 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, granted by the legislature in 1845, contained the following features: (1) See also:

PROPERTY

property to be held in See also:

COMMON

common;(1884).

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