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MISHAWAKA , a See also:city of St See also:Joseph See also:county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., on the St Joseph See also:river of See also:Michigan, about 8o m . E. by S. of See also:Chicago . Pop . (1900), 556o (821 See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o) 11,886 . It is served by the See also:Grand See also:Trunk and the See also:Lake See also:Shore & Michigan See also:Southern See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines . It has an extensive See also:trade in See also:grain and other agricultural products . Two See also:miles up the river is the See also:Hen See also:Island See also:dam, which, with the Mishawaka See also:hydraulic dam nearer the city, is the source of much of the See also:power used by the city's manufactories . St Joseph See also:Iron See also:Works was laid out on the See also:south See also:side of the river, in 1833, and in 1835 was organized as a See also:village and two additions were platted . In 1836 Indiana City was laid out on the See also:north side of the river; and in 1839 St Joseph Iron Works, with its two additions, and Indiana City were incorporated as one See also:town named Mishawaka —the name of an See also:Indian village formerly occupying a See also:part of the See also:present site . Mishawaka was chartered as a city in 1899 . |
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