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APPLETON
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Outagamie county, See also:Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the See also:lower See also:Fox See also:river, about 90 M
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N. of See also:Milwaukee
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Pop
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(189o) 11,86g; (1900) 15,085, of whom 36o5 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o, See also:census) 16,773
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It is served by the See also:Chicago & See also:North-Western, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St See also:Paul See also:railways, and by steamboats on the Fox river, by means of which it meets See also:lake transportation at De Pere and See also:Green See also:Bay
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Appleton was one of the first cities in the See also:United States to have an electric See also:street railway See also:line in operation; and electric street railways now See also:traverse the entire Fox river valley as far as Fond du See also:Lac on the See also:south and Green Bay on the north
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The city is attractively laid out on high bluffs above the river
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It has several beautiful parks, two hospitals, a number of See also:fine churches and school buildings, and a public library
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The city is the seat of See also:Lawrence See also:college (changed from university in 1908), an interdenominational (originally a Methodist Episcopal) co-educational institution, founded in 1847 as the Lawrence See also:Institute of Wisconsin and named in See also:honour of See also:Amos See also: Appleton was first permanently settled in 1833, and was named in honour of See also:Samuel Appleton of See also:Massachusetts, who owned See also:part of the See also:original See also:town See also:plot . It was incorporated as a See also:village in 1853, and received in 1857 a city See also:charter, which was revised in 1887 and in 1905 . |
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