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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 216 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TRAVERSE

TRAVERSE See also:
CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)
CITY , the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

GRAND

Grand Traverse county, See also:

Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:

BOARDMAN, GEORGE DANA (1801–1.831)

Boardman See also:

RIVER

river, between Boardman See also:

Lake and the See also:

west See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of Grand Traverse See also:

BAY

Bay, in the N.W. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

peninsula. Pop. (190o), 9407, of whom 2068 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910, See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 12,115. It is served by the Pere See also:

Marquette, the Grand Rapids & See also:

INDIANA

Indiana and the See also:

MANISTEE

Manistee & See also:

North-Eastern See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by steamboat See also:

LINE

line to See also:

Chicago and other lake ports. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate, scenery and See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good fishing attract summer visitors. The city has a public library and a library owned by the Ladies' Library Association, and is the seat of the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Michigan See also:

Asylum for the Insane (opened 1885). There are various manufactures, and in 1904 the See also:

TOTAL

total value of the factory product was $2,176,903. Traverse City was settled in 1847, incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 1881 and chartered as a city in 1895.

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