See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

CEDAR RAPIDS  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Linn 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, See also:

• IOWA

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

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

Cedar See also:

• RIVER

river, in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east central See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (189o) 18,020; (1900) 25,656, of whom 4478 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, an. unusually large and influential part being Bohemians; (1910 See also:

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

census) 32,811 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, the Chicago, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific (which has repair shops here), and the See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois Central See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by interurban electric lines . The city has an See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air of substantial prosperity; its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal streets are from 8o ft. to 120 ft. wide, paved with See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

• ASPHALT, or ASPHALTUM

asphalt, and well shaded . Prominent among its buildings are the federal See also:

• BUILDING

building, the auditorium, the public library and the Masonic library, which contains one of the best collections of Masonic literature in the See also:

• WORLD

world . The city has two well-equipped hospitals, a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home for aged See also:

• WOMEN

women, a home for the friendless, and four parks . The grounds of the Cedar Rapids See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club comprise 18o acres . Cedar Rapids is in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural country . The name of the city was suggested from the rapids in the river, which afford abundant See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and have enabled the city to take first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in Iowa (1905) as a manufacturing centre . From 1900 to 1905 there was an increase in the value of its manufactured products from $11,135,435 to $I6,279,706, or 46.2% . More than one-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of the value of its manufactures is in Quaker Oats and other See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food preparations; among those of less importance are See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and planing-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products, foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, patent medicines, pumps, carriages and waggons, packed meats and agricultural implements .

Cedar Rapids has also a large See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and a large jobbing business, especially in dry goods, millinery, groceries, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and drugs . At Cedar Rapids are See also:

• COE

Coe See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (co-educational; Presbyterian), which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew out of the Cedar Rapids Collegiate See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (1851), was named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Coe, a benefactor, and was chartered under its See also:

• PRESENT

present name and opened in 1881; the Interstate See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and the Cedar Rapids business college . The first settlers came in 1838; but the city's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, growth was slow, and it was not incorporated until 1856 . It has been governed by See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission since 1908 .