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See also:WEBB See also:CITY , a city of See also:Jasper See also:county, See also:Missouri, U.S.A., in the S.W. See also:part of the See also:state, about 16o m. S. of See also:Kansas City. Pop. (1890) 5043; (1900) 9201, of whom 248 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 11,817. It is served by the Missouri Pacific and the 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:San Francisco railway systems, and is the headquarters of the electric interurban railway connecting with See also:Carthage and See also:Joplin, Missouri, See also:Galena, Kansas and other cities. With Carterville (pop. 1910, 4539), which adjoins it on the E., it forms practically one city; they are among the most famous and productive " camps " in the See also:rich See also:lead and See also:zinc region of See also:south-western Missouri, and Webb City owes its See also:industrial importance primarily to the See also:mining and See also:shipping of those metals. The value of the factory product increased from $353,566 in 1900 to $637,965 in 1905. Webb City was laid out and incorporated as a See also:town in 1875, and first chartered as a city in 1876. See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White lead was discovered here in 1873, on the See also:farm of See also:John C. Webb, in whose See also:honour the city is named; and systematic mining began in 1877.
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