FREELAND  , 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 of Luzerne 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:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 20 M . S. of Wilkes-See also:

• BARRE
• BARRE, ISAAC (1726-1802)

Barre, in the E. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (1890) 1730; (1900) 5254 (1339 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, many being Slays); (191o) 6197 . Freeland is served by the Lehigh Valley railway and by electric railway to Upper Lehigh (1 m. distant, served by the Central Railroad of New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey) and to other neighbouring places . The borough is built on Broad See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain, nearly 2000 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, and the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the See also:

• MINING

mining of See also:

• COAL

coal at the numerous surrounding collieries . Freeland is the seat of the Mining and See also:

• MECHANICAL

Mechanical See also:

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

Institute of the See also:

• ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

Anthracite Region, chartered in 1894, modelled after the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Steigerschulen, with elementary and secondary departments and a See also:

• NIGHT

night school for workmen . The borough has foundries and See also:

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

machine shops of considerable importance, and manufactures See also:

• SILK

silk, overalls, See also:

• BEER

beer and hames . Freeland was first settled about 1842, was laid out in 187o, and was incorporated in 1876 .