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STEUBENVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Jefferson county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the See also:west See also:bank of the Ohio See also:river, about ao m. W. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (188o), 12,093; (189o), 13,394; (1900), 14i349, of whom 1815 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 736 were negroes; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 22,391. It is served by the See also:Wheeling & See also:Lake See also:Erie (See also:Wabash See also:system), the Pittsburg, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & 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:Pennsylvania system), and the Pennsylvania See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric railways. A suspension See also:bridge crosses the Ohio river here. Steubenville is on a high See also:plain (the second See also:terrace of the river), surrounded by hills 300-500 ft. high, in a See also:good farming See also:country, See also:rich in bituminous See also:coal, natural See also:gas, See also:building-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, See also:petroleum and See also:clay. The city has a See also:Carnegie library, Gill See also:hospital, a Y.M.C.A. building and See also:Stanton and Altamont parks. The value of its factory prcducts increased from $4,547,049 in 1900 to $12,369,677 in 1005, or 172 % —the greatest increase during this See also:period for any city, with a See also:population of 8000 or over in 1900, in the See also:state; during the same period the See also:capital invested in manufacturing See also:industries increased from $2,302,563 to $12,627,048 or 448.4 %. Among manufactures are See also:iron and See also:steel, See also:tin and terne See also:plate, See also:glass, See also:paper and See also:wood pulp, and pottery. Near the city limits are building-stone quarries and coal-mines. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks. Steubenville was platted as a See also:town in 1797, immediately after the erection of Jefferson county, and was built on the site of Fort See also:Steuben, erected in 1786-1787, and named in See also:honour of See also:Baron See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William von Steuben; it received a city See also:charter in 1851, and its city limits were much enlarged in 1871.
See W. H. See also:Hunter, " The Pathfinders of Jefferson County," and " The Centennial of Jefferson County," in Ohio Archaeological and See also:Historical See also:Review, vol. vi. Nos. 2, 3 (See also:Columbus, 1898).
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