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SHENANDOAH , 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 Schuylkill See also:county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 40 M. N.N.W. of See also:Reading. Pop. (19x0, . See also:census), 25,774. Among the See also:foreign-See also:born the See also:Lithuanians and Poles predominate—in 1910 a Lithuanian and a See also:Polish See also:paper were published here. Shenandoah is served by the Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley and the See also:Philadelphia & Reading See also:railways. The borough has a public library. The See also:United See also:Greek See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church (Ruthenian Rite) here is said to be the first of this See also:sect in the United States; it was organized as St See also:Michael's See also:Parish in 1885, the first See also:building was erected in 1886, and a new building was completed in 1909. Shenandoah is situated in the eastern See also:part of the See also:middle See also:basin of the See also:great See also:anthracite See also:coal region of Pennsylvania, and the See also:mining and See also:shipping of coal are its See also:chief See also:industries. A See also:log See also:house was built on the site of the See also:present Shenandoah as See also:early as 1835, but there was no further development until 1862, when the first colliery was opened. The borough was incorporated in 1866.
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