SACO  , a See also:

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

city of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York 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:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, U.S.A., on the Saco See also:

• RIVER

river, and the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, opposite See also:

• BIDDEFORD

Biddeford, with which it is connected by See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, and 14 m . S.W. of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland . Pop . (189o), 6095; (1900) 6122 (903 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (See also:

• TORO

Toro) 6583 . It is served by the See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston & Maine railway, and is connected with Portland by an electric See also:

• LINE

line . The actual municipal limits include an See also:

• AREA

area of about 40 sq. m., but much of this is sparsely settled, and the centre of See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, or city proper, is about 5 M. above the mouth of the Saco . The city has a public 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 (See also:

• PEPPERRELL, SIR WILLIAM (1696-1759)

Pepperrell Park) of 30 acres, the See also:

• DYER, JOHN (c. 1700-1758)
• DYER, SIR EDWARD (d. 1607)
• DYER, THOMAS HENRY (1804-1888)

Dyer Library (1790), containing in 19o8 16,000 volumes, and York See also:

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

Institute (established in 1866 and incorporated in 1867), with a library of 5000 volumes in 1908; and is the seat of See also:

• THORNTON, HENRY (1760—1815)
• THORNTON, ROBERT (1623-1678)
• THORNTON, WILLIAM THOMAS (1813-188o)

Thornton See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (co-educational), incorporated in 1811, opened in 1813, but closed during 1848-1889 after the .burning of the old See also:

• BUILDING

building . Old See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

Orchard See also:

• BEACH

Beach, in the vicinity, extending along the See also:

• SHORE

shore front of the township of Old Orchard (pop. in 1900, 964) and See also:

• PART

part of the shore fronts of Saco and Scarboro, is a popular summer resort; in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1907 nearly all the hotels were burnt, but others have since been built . At Saco the river falls about 55 ft. and provides excellent See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The city's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal manufactures are 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 goods and cotton-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 machinery . Saco was settled as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1631, and was the seat of the See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

Gorges 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 from 1636 to 1653, when it passed under the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . Until 1762 Saco and Biddeford formed one See also:

• TOWN

town or See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation—until 1718 under the name of Saco, and from 1718 to 1762 under the name of Biddeford .

In 1716 See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Pepperrell acquired See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to the principal part of what is now Saco, in 1752 this was made a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, and ten years later See also:

• SACRAMENT

SACRAMENT it was incorporated as a separate township under the name of Pepperellboro . In 1779 the Pepperrell See also:

• PROPERTY

property was confiscated as that of a loyalist, and in 18o5 the name. of the township was changed to Saco . In 1867 Saco was chartered as a city .