OLNEY
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V20,
Page 91
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
OLNEY
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Richland county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., about 30 M
.
W. of See also:Vincennes, See also:Indiana
.
Pop
.
1(1890) 3831; (1900) 4260 (235 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 5011
.
Olney is served by the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio See also:South-western, the Illinois Central, and the See also:Cincinnati, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton & See also:Dayton See also:railways, and is a See also:terminus of the Ohio See also:River See also:Division of the last
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It has a See also:Carnegie library and a city See also:park of 55 acres
.
Olney is an important See also:shipping point for the agricultural products of this See also:district; oil is found in the vicinity; and the city has various manufactures
.
The See also:municipality owns its See also:water-See also:works
.
Olney was settled about 1842 and was first chartered as a city in 1867
.
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