JOLIET  , 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 Will county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., in the township of Joliet, in the N.E. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on the See also:

• DES

Des Plaines See also:

• RIVER

river, 4o m . S.W. of See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago . Pop . (1890), 23,264; (1900), 29,353, of whom 8536 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, 1889 being See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, 1579 See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian, 1206 Irish and 951 See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish; (1910 See also:

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

census) 34,670 . In addition there is a large See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in the immediate suburbs: that of the township including the city was 27,438 in 189o, and 50,640 in 1910 . Joliet is served by the See also:

• ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

• TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe, the Chicago & See also:

• ALTON

Alton, 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, the See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan Central, the Illinois, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa & See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota, and the See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, by interurban electric lines, and is on the Illinois & Michigan See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal and the Chicago Sanitary (See also:

• SHIP

ship) canal . The city is situated in a narrow valley, on both sides of the river . It is the seat of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Illinois See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary, and has a public library (in front of which is a statue, by S . See also:

• ASBJORNSEN, PETER CHRISTEN (1812–1885)

Asbjornsen, of 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 Joliet), the township high school, two hospitals, two See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• ACADEMIES

academies and a See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club-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, erected by the Illinois See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

Steel See also:

• COMPANY

Company for the use of its employees . There are two municipal parks, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West 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 and Highland Park; Dellwood Park is an amusement resort, owned by the Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Company . In the vicinity are large deposits of calcareous See also:

• BUILDING

building See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement and fireclay, and there are See also:

• COAL

coal mines 20 M. distant . See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral resources and See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

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

power have facilitated the development of manufactures .

The factory product in 1905 was valued at $33,788,700 (29.3 % more than in 1900), a large part of which was represented by See also:

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

iron and steel goods . There are large See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments just outside the city limits . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement on the site of Joliet (1833) was called Juliet, 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 the daughter of 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 B . See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, one of the settlers . The See also:

• PRESENT

present name was adopted in 1845, in memory of Louis Joliet (1645-1700), the See also:

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

French See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian explorer of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, and in 1852 a city 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 was secured .