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Encyclopedia Britannica



MARSHALL

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 773 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MARSHALL , a city and the county-seat of Harrison county,
Texas
 , U.S.A., about 145 M. E. by S. of Dallas. Pop. (189o), 7207; (1900) 7855 (3769 negroes); (1910) 11,452. Marshall is served by the
Texas
  & Pacific and the Marshall &
East
  Texas railways, which have large shops here. Wiley University was
founded in 1873 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
 , and
Bishop
  College, was founded in 188r by the American Baptist
Home
  Mission Society and incorporated in 1885. Marshall is situated in a region growing
cotton
  and Indian corn, vegetables, small fruits and
sugar
 -cane; in the surrounding country there are valuable forests of pine, oak and gum. In the vicinity of the city there are several lakes (including Caddo Lake) and springs (including Hynson and Rosborough springs). The city has a
cotton
  compress, and among its manufactures are cotton-seed oil, lumber, ice, foundry products and canned goods. The municipality owns and operates the waterworks. Marshall was first settled in 1842, was incorporated in 1843, and received a city charter in 1848; in 1909 it adopted the commission form of government.


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