PROVO  , 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 See also:

• UTAH

Utah county, Utah, U.S.A., on the Provo See also:

• RIVER

river, 3 M . E. of Utah See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake, and about 45 M . S. by E. of See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt Lake City . Pop . (1890), 5159; (1900), 6185 (1176 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 8925 . Provo is served by the Rio Grande Western and the See also:

• SAN

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . It is situated at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of about 4530 ft., in a region of See also:

• FINE

fine scenery, Provo See also:

• CANON

Canon, Bridal See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil Falls and Utah Lake being of especial See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The city has a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and is the seat of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• MENTAL

mental hospital and of Brigham See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young University (a Mormon institution), founded by Brigham Young in 1875, opened as an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy in 1876, and incorporated in 1896; it comprises a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and high commercial, See also:

• MUSIC

music, arts and trades, agricultural and preparatory See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . Provo has various manufactures, including woollen goods, See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime, pottery and bricks, and the city is a See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping point for a fertile agricultural and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-producing region . Within a See also:

• RADIUS

radius of See also:

• FORTY

forty or fifty See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of Provo are a number of 'important mines . Provo was settled in 1849 and was chartered as a city in 1851 .