OWENSBORO  , 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 Daviess county, See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky, U.S.A., on the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio See also:

• RIVER

river, 112 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W.S.W. of See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville . Pop . (1890) 9837; (1900) 13,189, of whom 3061 were negroes; (1910 See also:

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

census) 16,or r . The city is served by the See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois Central, the Louisville & See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville, and the Louisville, See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson & St 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 See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by steamboat lines to river ports . At Owensboro are the Owensboro See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College for See also:

• WOMEN

women (non-See also:

• SECT

sect.), opened in 1850, See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, and a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic school for boys . Two See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles S. of the city is Hickman 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 (20 acres), a See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resort, and E. of the city is a summer See also:

• CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua park . Owensboro is situated in a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good agricultural region; See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

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

iron, 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:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, oil, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead and See also:

• ZINC

zinc abound in the vicinity; and the city has a notably large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco (especially See also:

• STRIP

strip tobacco) and has various manufactures . The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,740,128 in 1900 to $4,187,700 in 1905, or 140.6% . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant and See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works . Owensboro was settled about 1798, and for several years was commonly known as Yellow See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks; in 1816 it was laid out as •a See also:

• TOWN

town and named Rossborough, and two years later the See also:

• PRESENT

present name was adopted 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 See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• OWEN, JOHN (1616-1683)
• OWEN, JOHN [OVENUS Or AUDOENUS] (c. 1560-1622)
• OWEN, ROBERT (1771-1858)
• OWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881)
• OWEN, SIR RICHARD (1804–1892)

Owen (1769–1811), a Virginian who removed to Kentucky in 1785, served in several See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, and was killed in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Tippecanoe . Owensboro was incorporated as a city in 1866 .