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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 335 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of Kosciusko county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., on the Tippecanoe See also:river, about 1 ro m. E. of See also:Chicago. Pop. (1890)3547; (1900) 3987, including 102 foreigh-See also:born; (1910) 4430. Warsaw is served by the See also:Pittsburg, Fort See also:Wayne & Chicago (See also:Pennsylvania See also:system) and the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also:Louis See also:railways, and by interurban electric lines. It is picturesquely situated in the See also:lake See also:country of Indiana on Center, See also:Pike and See also:Winona lakes. Immediately E. of the city, on Winona (formerly See also:Eagle) Lake, which is about 2 by 3 M. and has an See also:average See also:depth of 30 ft., is Winona (formerly See also:Spring See also:Fountain) See also:Park (incorporated 1895 largely by Presbyterians), which primarily aims to combine the advantages of See also:Northfield, See also:Massachusetts, and See also:Chautauqua, New See also:York. There is excellent boating and bathing here, and there are See also:mineral springs in the Park, where in the summer there are a Chautauqua course lasting for six See also:weeks, a normal school, a See also:Bible school, a Bible See also:conference, a school of See also:missions, an See also:International Training School for See also:Sunday School Workers, a conference of See also:temperance workers and nature study and other See also:regular summer school courses; and in other months of the See also:year courses are given here by the Winona Normal School and Agricultural See also:Institute, Winona See also:Academy (for boys) and Winona Conservatory of See also:Music, and the Winona Park School for See also:Young See also:Women. The See also:control of the Park is inter-denominational—the Winona Federated See also:Church was organized in 1905. Under practically the same control is the Winona Technical Institute in See also:Indianapolis. The surrounding country is devoted to farming and stock raising. Warsaw was first platted in 1836, and became a city in 1875.

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