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SHERMAN , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Grayson county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., 64 m. by See also:rail N. by E. of See also:Dallas and 9 m. S. of See also:Denison. Pop. (189o) 7335; (1900) 10,243, of whom 2131 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 12,412. Sherman is served by the St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis & See also:San Francisco (Frisco See also:System), which has See also:car shops here, the St Louis & See also:South-Western, the Gulf, See also:Colorado & See also:Santa Fe, the See also:Missouri, See also:Kansas & Texas, the Texas & Pacific, and the See also:Houston & Texas Central See also:railways, and by electric lines connecting with Denison and Dallas. In the city are See also:Austin See also:College (Presbyterian, 185o; removed from Austin to Sherman in 1876) for men, Carr-Burdette College (See also:Christian, 1894) for girls, See also:North Texas See also:Female College. and Conservatory (Methodist Episcopal, 1877) and See also:Saint See also:Joseph's See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) for girls. Sherman is situated on a See also:ridge 720 ft. above See also:sea-level between the Red See also:river and the Trinity river, near a fertile See also:part of the Red River Valley, in which the See also:principal See also:industries are the growing of See also:cotton, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:wheat, oats, potatoes and See also:alfalfa, and stock raising. The city contains cotton gins and compresses, and has various manufactures; in 1905 the value of factory products was $2,841,066 (94.4% more than in 1900). The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks and the electric See also:lighting plant. Sherman was settled in 1848 and was chartered as a city in 1895.
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