ERIE  , a See also:

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

city, a See also:

• PORT

port of entry, and the 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-seat of Erie county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Erie, 148 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N. of See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg and near the N.W. corner of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (1890) 40,634; (1900) 52,733, of whom 11,957 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, including 5226 from See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and 1468 from See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and 26,797 were of foreign parentage (both parents foreign-born), including 13,316 of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German parentage and 4203 of Irish parentage; (1910 See also:

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

census) 66,525 . Erie is served by the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago & 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, the Lake See also:

• SHORE

Shore & See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern, the Erie & Pittsburg (Pennsylvania See also:

• COMPANY

Company), the See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia & Erie (Pennsylvania railway), and the See also:

• BESSEMER
• BESSEMER, SIR HENRY (1813-1898)

Bessemer & Lake Erie See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by steamboat lines to many important lake ports . The city extends over an See also:

• AREA

area of about 7 sq. m., which for the most See also:

• PART

part is quite level and is from 50 to 175 ft. above the lake . Erie has a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour about 4 M. in length, more than 1 m. in width, and with an See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• DEPTH

depth of about 20 ft.; it is nearly enclosed by Presque Isle, a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• LAND

land of about 3000 acres from 300 ft. to 1 m. in width, and the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government has protected its entrance and deepened its channel by constructing two long breakwaters . Most of the streets of the city are 6o ft. wide—a few are roo ft.—and nearly all intersect at right angles; they are 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 many in the residential quarters are shaded with fine elms and maples . The city has four parks, in one of which is a soldiers' and sailors' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite and See also:

• BRONZE

bronze, and not far away, along the shore of lake and See also:

• BAY

bay, are several attractive summer resorts . Among Erie's more prominent buildings are the See also:

• UNITED

United States government See also:

• BUILDING

building, 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, the public library, and the county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . The city's charitable institutions consist of two See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general hospitals, each of which has a training school for nurses; a municipal See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, an See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum, a See also:

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

home for the friendless, two old folks' homes, and a See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau of charities; here, also, on a See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff, within a large enclosure and overlooking both lake and city, is the state soldiers' and sailors' home, and near by is a monument erected to the memory of General See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne, who died here on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1796 . Erie is the commercial centre of a large and 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 See also:

• GRAPE

grape-growing and agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district, has an extensive 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 with the lake ports and by rail (chiefly in See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore, See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and 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), and is an important manufacturing centre, among its products being iron, engines, boilers, See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass castings, stoves, See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car heaters, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt liquors, lumber, 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, See also:

• COOPERAGE (from " cooper," a maker of casks, derived from such forms as Mid. Dutch caper, Ger. Kufer, Lat. cuparius; the same root is seen in various Teut. words for a basket, such as Dutch kuip and Eng. " kipe " and " coop, " but cooper is apparently not
• COOPERAGE, or COPERAGE (Flemish and Dutch kooper, a trader, dealer)

cooperage products, See also:

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

paper and See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood pulp, cigars and other See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco goods, See also:

• GAS

gas meters, See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber goods, See also:

• PIPE

pipe See also:

• ORGANS

organs, pianos and chemicals . In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $19,911,567, the value of foundry and See also:

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

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products being $6,723,8I9, of flour and grist-mill products $1,444,450, and of malt liquors $882,493 .

The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works . On the site of Erie the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French erected Fort Presque Isle in 1753, and about it founded a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of a few See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred inhabitants . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, on behalf of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, came in the same See also:

• YEAR

year to Fort Le Bceuf (on the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• WATERFORD

Waterford), 20 m . 'distant, to protest against the French fortifying this See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of 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 . The protest, however, was unheeded . The village was abandoned in or before 1758, owing probably to an epidemic of smallpox, and the fort was abandoned in 1759 . It was occupied by the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 176o, but on the 22nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1763 this was one of the several forts captured by the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians during the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

Conspiracy of See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac . In 1764 the British regained nominal See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control and retained it until 1785, when it passed into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the United States . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was laid out as a See also:

• TOWN

town in 1795; in 1800 it became the county-seat of the newly-erected county of Erie; it was incorporated as a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in 18o5, the See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of that year being revised in 1833; and in 1851 it was incorporated as a city . At Erie were built within less than six months most of the vessels with which See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver H . See also:

• PERRY
• PERRY (from Fr. Moire, from poire, a pear)
• PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1794–1858)
• PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819)

Perry won his See also:

• NAVAL

naval victory over the British off Put-in-Bay on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1813 .