KEWANEE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V15,
Page 767
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
KEWANEE
, a See also:city of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the N
.
W. See also:part of the See also:state, about 55 M
.
N. by W. of See also:Peoria
.
Pop
.
(1900), 8382, of whom 2006 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 9307
.
It is served by the See also:Chicago See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy railroad and by the See also:Galesburg & Kewanee Electric railway
.
Among its manufactures are foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, boilers, carriages and wagons, agricultural implements, See also:pipe and fittings, working-men's gloves, &c
.
In 1905 the See also:total factory product was valued at $6,729,381, or 6r.5% more than in 1900
.
Kewanee was settled in 1836 by See also:people from See also:Wethersfield, See also:Connecticut, and was first chartered as a city in 1897
.
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