HARRIMAN
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HARRIMAN , a city of Roane county, Tennessee , U.S.A., on the Emory river, about 35 M. W. by S. of Knoxville. Pop. (1900) 3442 (5'6 being negroes) ; (1910) 3061. Harriman is served by the Harriman & North Eastern, the Tennessee Central, and the Southern railways. It is the seat of the East Tennessee Normal and Industrial Institute, for negroes, and of the American University of Harriman (Christian Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, coeducational; 1893), which comprises primary , preparatory, collegiate, Bible school, civic research, commercial, music and art departments, and in 19071908 had 12 instructors and 317 students. Near the city are large deposits of iron and an abundance of coal and timber. Among manufactures are cotton products, farming tools, leather , tannic acid, furniture and flour. Harriman was founded in '890 by a land company. A clause in this company's by-laws requires that every conveyance of real estate by the company " shall contain a provision forbidding the use of the property or any building thereon, for the purpose of making, storing or selling intoxicating beverages as such." Harriman was chartered as a city in '891, and its charter was revised in 1899.
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