BUCYRUS
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BUCYRUS , a city and the county-seat of Crawford See Also: - CRAWFORD, EARLS OF
- CRAWFORD, FRANCIS MARION (1854–1909)
- CRAWFORD, THOMAS (1814–1857)
- CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM 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
HARRIS (1772–1834) county, Ohio , U.S.A., on the Sandusky river, 62 m. N. of Columbus . Pop. (189o) J974; (1900) 656o (756 foreign-born); (191o) 8122. It is served by the Pennsylvania , the Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio (Pennsylvania system ), and the Ohio Central railways, and by interurban electric lines. The Ohio Central, of which Bucyrus is a division terminal, has shops here. The city lies at an elevation of about l000 ft. above sea-level, and is surrounded
by a country well adapted to agriculture and stock-raising. Among its manufactures are machinery, structural steel, ventilating and heating apparatus, furniture, interior woodwork, ploughs, wagons, carriages, copper products and clay-working machines. Bucyrus was first settled in 1817; it was laid out as a town in 1822, was incorporated as a village in 1830, and became a city in 1885. The county-seat was permanently established here in 183o.
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