TONAWANDA

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TONAWANDA , a city of Erie county, New

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

, U.S.A., about II m. by rail N. of

Buffalo

BUFFALO

on the Niagara River at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek (opposite North Tonawanda),
and on the Erie Canal. Pop. (1900), 7421, of whom 1834 were
foreign-born; (1910 census), 8290. Tonawanda is served
by the New

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

Central & Hudson River and the Erie railways, and is connected with

Buffalo

BUFFALO

, Niagara Falls and Lockport by electric lines. The industries depend chiefly on electric power generated by the Niagara Falls, 11 m. distant. There are rolling-mills, planing-mills, ship-yards, and blast-furnaces, and among the manufactures are wooden

ware

WARE

, flour and

paper

PAPER
PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

. The surrounding region was the scene of hostilities during the Seven Years' War, and the War of 1812. The first permanent white

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

was made about 1809, and Tonawanda was incorporated as a

village

VILLAGE

in 1854 and was chartered as a city in 1903. The name of the city is an Indian word said to mean " swift water."

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