PARSONS  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Labette 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, in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, U.S.A., situated at the junction of the Big and Little Labette creeks, about 138 m . S. by W. of Kansas City . Pop . (1890), 6736; (1900), 7682, of whom 807 were negroes; (1905), 11,720; (1910), 12i463 . It is served by the Kansas City, Fort See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott & See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis (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:

• SAN

San Francisco See also:

• SYSTEM

system) and the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri Kansas & See also:

• TEXAS

Texas See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The city has large See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway and various manufactures . Natural See also:

• GAS

gas is utilized for See also:

• LIGHT

light and See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement on the site of the city was made in 1869 and was called Mendota (" See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting "—i.e. of the creeks) . In 1871 the city was chartered, and in 1910 See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government by See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission went into effect . It was named 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:

• LEVI, HERMANN (1839-1900)
• LEVI, LEONE (1821-1888)

Levi Parsons (1822-1887), the first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway .