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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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givento the State of Colorado on account of its ad-mission to the Union in 1876, the iooth year ofAmerican independence. Centeno, Diego, de-ago than-tano, Span-ish soldier: b. Cindad-Real, Spain, 1504; d. LaPlata, upper Peru, 1549. Going to South Amer-ica he accompanied Alvarado to Peru and soonbecame famous as a skilful fighter. Center. See Centre. Centerville, Iowa, city in AppanooseCounty; on the Rock Island, the C. B. & Q.,the I. & St. L. and the Iowa Central R.R.s, 70miles south of Des Moines. The town was set-tled in 1832 and was incorporated as a city in1846. It is the centre of a coal mining, agricul-tural and stock-raising region. It has fourbanks, 15 churches, and an excellent publicschool system. Pop. (1900) 5,256. Centerville, Va., a village of FairfaxCounty, 27 miles west of Washington. It ismemorable for the series of battles fought inits vicinity on the last days of August 1862,in which the Federal army, under Gen. Pope,suffered heavy loss and a severe repulse.
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