ROANOKE  , a See also:

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

city in (but administratively See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of) Roanoke 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, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, on the Roanoke See also:

• RIVER

river, about 55 M . W.S.W. of See also:

• LYNCHBURG

Lynchburg . Pop . (189o) 16,159; (1900) 21,495, of whom 5834 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) 34,874 . Roanoke is served by the Virginian railway, by the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line and the See also:

• SHENANDOAH

Shenandoah and the Winston-See also:

• SALEM

Salem divisions of the See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk & Western railway, and by electric railway to See also:

• VINTON, FREDERIC PORTER (1846– )

Vinton and to Salem . The city is about goo ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level and is surrounded by high hills; its picturesque situation and its nearness to famous See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs make it a See also:

• HEALTH

health resort . On a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain slope, about z m. from the city limits, is the Virginia See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College for 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 Ladies; 7 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the city, at what was formerly called Botetourt Springs (there is a See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring), is Hollins See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (1842) for girls; and in the city are the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Business College, the City See also:

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

Hospital (1899), private hospitals, and St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent's See also:

• ORPHAN

Orphan See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

Asylum (1893) for boys, under the Sisters of Charity . Stock-raising, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco-growing, and See also:

• COAL

coal and See also:

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

iron-See also:

• MINING

mining are the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Roanoke's factory product in 1905 was valued at $5,544,907 (2'7% more than in 1900) . Its railway See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car repair and construction shops, belonging to the Norfolk & Western railway, employed in that See also:

• YEAR

year 66.9% of the See also:

• TOTAL

total number of factory wage-earners; See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig-iron, structural iron, canned goods, bottles, tobacco, planing-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton are among the manufactures . The municipal See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply comes from a See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir at Crystal Springs at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of Mill Mountain near the city limits . Roanoke was the See also:

• TOWN

town of Big Lick (founded about 1852; incorporated in 1874; pop. in 188o, 669) until 1882, when it received its See also:

• PRESENT

present name; in 1884 it was chartered as a city .