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MARSHALL , a city and the county-seat ofSee also: Harrison county, See also: Texas, U.S.A., about 145 M
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E. by S. of Dallas
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Pop
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(189o), 7207; (1900) 7855 (3769 negroes); (1910) 11,452
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Marshall is served by the Texas & Pacific and the Marshall & See also: East Texas See also: railways, which have large shops here
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Wiley University was
founded in 1873 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal See also: Church, and
See also: Bishop See also: College, was founded in 188r by the See also: American Baptist Home See also: Mission Society and incorporated in 1885
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Marshall is situated in a region growing See also: cotton and See also: Indian corn, vegetables, small fruits and See also: sugar-See also: cane; in the surrounding country there are valuable forests of See also: pine, See also: oak and gum
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In the vicinity of the city there are several lakes (including See also: Caddo Lake) and springs (including Hynson and Rosborough springs)
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The city has a cotton compress, and among its manufactures are cotton-seed oil, See also: lumber, ice, foundry products and canned goods
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The See also: municipality owns and operates the waterworks
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Marshall was first settled in 1842, was incorporated in 1843, and received a city charter in 1848; in 1909 it adopted the commission See also: form of See also: government
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