CLARKSVILLE
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Montgomery county, See also:Tennessee, U.S.A., situated in the N. See also:part of the See also:state, about 5o M
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N.W. of See also:Nashville, on the See also:Cumberland See also:river, at the mouth of the Red river
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Pop
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(189o) 7924; (1900) 9431, of whom 5094 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 8548
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It is served by the See also:Louisville & Nashville, and the See also:Illinois Central See also:railways, and by passenger and See also:freight steamboat lines on the Cumberland river
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The city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall• and the public library are among the See also:principal public buildings, and the city is the seat of the Tennessee See also:Odd See also:Fellows' See also:home, and of the See also:South-Western Presbyterian University, founded in 1875
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Clarksville lies in the centre of the dark See also:tobacco See also:belt—commonly known as the " See also:Black Patch "—and is an important tobacco See also:market, with an See also:annual See also:trade in that See also:staple of about $4,000,000, most of the product being exported to See also:France, See also:Italy, See also:Austria and See also:Spain
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The city is situated in a region well adapted for the growing of See also:wheat, See also:Indian See also:corn, and vegetables, and for the raising of live-stock; and Clarksville is a See also:shipping point for the See also:lumber—chiefly See also:oak, See also:poplar and See also:birch—and the See also:iron-ore of the surrounding See also:country, a See also:branch of the Louisville
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& Nashville railway extending into the iron See also:district
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The city's principal manufactures are See also:flour and grist 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, chewing and smoking tobacco and See also:snuff, See also:furniture, lumber, iron, and See also:pearl buttons
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The value of the factory product in 1905 was $2,210,112, being 32 % greater than in 1900
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The See also:municipality owns its See also:water-See also:works
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Clarksville was first settled as See also:early as 1780, was named in See also:honour of See also:General See also:George See also:Rogers See also:Clark, and was chartered as a city in 185o
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