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SIOUX See also:CITY , a city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Woodbury county, See also:Iowa, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Big Sioux with the See also:Missouri See also:river, about 156 m. N.W. of See also:Des Moines. Pop. (189o) 37,806; (1900) 33,111, of whom 6592 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 146o See also:Swedish, 1176 See also:German and 1054 See also:Norwegian); (1910, See also:census) 47,828. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & See also:Saint See also:Paul, the Chicago & See also:North-Western, the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis & See also:Omaha, the Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the See also:Illinois Central, and the See also:Great See also:Northern See also:railways. The bluffs approach the Missouri more closely at this point than elsewhere in the See also:state, so that little more than manufacturing establishments and business blocks are built on the bottom lands, and the residences are spread over the slope and See also:summit of the bluffs. The city has a public library (housed in the city See also:hall) and eight parks (including See also:Riverside on the Big Sioux), with a See also:total See also:area of more than 500 acres. Among the See also:principal buildings are the city hall, the See also:post See also:office, the See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association See also:building, and the High School. There are several See also:boat clubs and a See also:country and See also:golf See also:club. Two See also:miles S. of the city is a See also:monument to Sergeant See also:Charles See also:Floyd of the See also:Lewis and See also:Clark expedition, who died here in 1804; and 1 m. W. of the city is the See also:grave of See also:War See also:Eagle, a Sioux See also:chief. Among the educational institutions are Morningside See also:College (Methodist Episcopal, 1894), 3 M. from the business centre of the city, which had in 1908–1909 34 instructors and 672 students; the Sioux City College of See also:Medicine (1889), and St See also:Mary's School.

The principal hospitals are the Samaritan, the St See also:

Joseph's See also:Mercy, and the German Lutheran. Sioux City is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop. The Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul, the Great Northern, and the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha have shops here; See also:meat packing is an important See also:industry, and the city has large stock yards. As a manufacturing centre, it ranked first in 190o and third in 1905 among the cities of the state; the value of its factory See also:pro-duct in 1905 was $14,760,751. Its manufactures include slaughtering and meat-packing products, cars and See also:car repairing, See also:linseed oil, bricks and tiles (made from excellent See also:clay found in and near the city). The city does a large wholesale and distributing business. Sioux City was settled about 185o, was platted in 18J4, becoming the headquarters of a See also:United States See also:Land Office, was incorporated in 1856, and was chartered as a city in 1857. It was the starting-point of various expeditions sent against the Sioux See also:Indians of the See also:Black Hills.

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