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TERRE HAUTE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Vigo county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., on the eastern See also:bank of the See also:Wabash See also:river, about 186 m. S. by E. of See also:Chicago and about 73 M. W. by S. of See also:Indianapolis. Pop. (1890) 30,217; (Igoo) 36,673, of whom 1520 were negroes and 2952 See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o, See also:census) 58,157. See also:Land See also:area (1906), 8.25 sq. m., of which nearly one-third had been annexed since 1890 and a considerable See also:part since 'coo. It is served by the Chicago & Eastern See also:Illinois, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, 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, the See also:Evansville & Indianapolis, the Evansville & Terre Haute, the See also:Southern Indiana, the Vandalia and several electric interurban See also:railways. It is finely situated on high ground 6o ft. above the river level, and has wide, well-paved streets shaded by oaks and elms. It is659
the seat of the Indiana See also:State Normal School (187o), which had in 1909 a library of about 50,000 volumes, 52 instructors and an See also:average See also:term enrolment of 988 students, and of the See also:Rose See also:Polytechnic See also:Institute, which was founded in 1874 by See also:Chauncey Rose (1794–1877), was opened in 1883, offers courses in See also:mechanical, See also:electrical, See also:civil and chemical See also:engineering and in See also:architecture, and in 1909 had 22 instructors and 214 students. About 4 M. W. of Terre Haute is St See also:Mary-of-the-See also:Woods (founded in 1840 by the Sisters of See also:Providence, and chartered in 1846), a school for girls. The Emeline See also:Fairbanks Memorial Library (1882) contained 30,000 volumes in 191o, housed in a See also:building erected in 1903 by Mr See also:Crawford Fairbanks in memory of his See also:mother. Terre Haute's See also:industrial and commercial importance is largely due to its proximity to the valuable See also:coal-See also:fields of See also:Clay, See also:Sullivan, See also:Park, See also:Vermilion, See also:Greene and Vigo counties. The See also:total value of its factory product in 1905 was $29,291,654; both in 1900 and in 1905 it ranked second among the manufacturing cities of the state. It is the largest distilling centre in the state and one of the largest in the See also:country, the value of the output of this See also:industry in 1905 being more than See also:half the total value of the city's factory product for the See also:year. The value of the See also:glass product in 1905 was 4.4 per cent. of the value of all factory products of the city, and 1.6 per cent. of the value of all glass manufactured in the See also:United States.
The first settlers at Terre Haute built their cabins near Fort See also:Harrison, which was erected by command of See also:Governor 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 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Harrison in the See also:winter of 1810-11. In 1812 the fort was successfully defended against an attack of the See also:Indians by its commandant See also:Captain Zachary See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor, and in 1817 was abandoned. After the See also:close of the See also:War of 1812 the See also:town See also:grew rapidly and became an important commercial centre, owing to its river connexions and to the fact that the See also:National (or See also:Cumberland) Road crossed the Wabash here. Terre Haute was incorporated as a town in 1838, became a city in 1853 (under a See also:general state See also:law of See also:June 1852), received a See also:special city See also:charter in 1899, in 1905 was organized as a city of the third class, and became a city of the second class in 1909.
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