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SAYRE , a See also:

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

Bradford 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:

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

North See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch of the Susquehanna See also:

RIVER

river, about 95 M. (by See also:

RAIL

rail) N.N.W. of Wilkes-See also:

Barre, and just S. of the New See also:

York See also:

state boundary. Pop. (1900) 5243 (337 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 6426. Sayre is served by the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line and by a branch of the Lehigh Valley railway, and is connected by electric railway with See also:

WAVERLY

Waverly, New York, and with the adjacent borough of See also:

Athens, Pennsylvania (pop. in 1910, 3796), which manufactures See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, carriages and wagons. Sayre, Athens, See also:

South Waverly and Waverly See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form virtually one See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial community. The borough of Sayre is the seat of the See also:

Robert See also:

PACKER, ASA (1805-1879)

Packer See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital (1885) and has two parks. It is the See also:

trade centre of an agricultural and dairying region, and has See also:

metal See also:

WORKS

works and other factories; but its industrial importance is due primarily to the See also:

LOCOMOTIVE

locomotive and See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car shops of the Lehigh Valley railway. It was 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 Robert See also:

HEYSHAM

Heysham Sayre (1824–1907), See also:

long See also:

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

chief-engineer of this railway. Sayre was settled in 188.o and was incorporated as a borough in 1891.

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