HENDERSON  , a See also:

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

city 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 Henderson county, See also:

• KENTUCKY

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

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio See also:

• RIVER

river, about 142 M . W.S.W. of See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville . Pop . (1890), 8835; (1900), 10,272, of whom 4029 were negroes; (1910 See also:

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

census) 11,452 . It is served by the See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois Central, the Louisville & See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville, and the Louisville, Henderson & 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 See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and has See also:

• DIRECT

direct communication by steamboat with Louisville, See also:

• EVANSVILLE

Evansville, See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis and New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans . Henderson is built on the high bank of the river, above the See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood level; the river is spanned here by a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, designed by See also:

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

George W . G . Ferris (1859-1896), the designer of the Ferris See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

Wheel . The city has a public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park of 8o acres and a See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie library . It is situated in the midst of a region whose See also:

• SOIL

soil is said to be the best in the See also:

• WORLD

world for the raising of dark, heavy-fibred See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, and is well adapted also for the growing of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat and See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn . Bituminous See also:

• COAL

coal is obtained from the surrounding 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 .

Immense quantities of stemmed tobacco are shipped from here, and the city is an important See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for Indian corn . The manufactures of the city include See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and woollen goods, hominy, See also:

• MEAL

meal, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, tobacco and cigars, carriages, baskets, chairs and other See also:

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

furniture, bricks, See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice, See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky and See also:

• BEER

beer; the value of the city's factory products in 1905 was $1,365,120 . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• GAS

gas plant and electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant . Henderson, 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:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Henderson (1734-1785), was settled as See also:

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

early as 1784, was first known as Red See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks, was laid out as a See also:

• TOWN

town by Henderson's See also:

• COMPANY

company in 1797, was incorperated as a town in 1810, andwas first chartered as a city in 1854 . The city boundary lines were extended in 1905 by the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

• AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1780-1851)

Audubon and Edgewood . Henderson was for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

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

home of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Audubon, the ornithologist .