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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK |
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WINCHESTER , an independent city and the county-seat of Frederick county, Virginia, U.S.A., 87 m. by rail W.N.W. of Washington. Pop. (1890) 5196; (1900) 5161, including rros negroes; (1910) 5864. Winchester is served by the Baltimore & Ohio
Seminary for girls occupies the site of old Fort Loudoun, and in the city is the Shenandoah Valley Academy
(1910), a memorial to John Handley, a part of whose estate was bequeathed to establish industrial schools for the poor of Winchester, and an auditorium are owned by the municipality. The United States National Military Cemetery at Winchester contains the graves
graves
paper and bricks. Electricity, generated at the Shenandoah river, is used for power in many of the factories.A settlement
Gazette
paper published in the Shenandoah Valley, was established here in 1787. In the Civil War, Winchester, because of its position in the lower Shenandoah Valley, played a great
See J. E Norris (ed.), History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley (Chicago, 1890), and T. K. Cartmell, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers (Winchester, 1909). End of Article: WINCHESTER If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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