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Gainesville
Gainesville 1 City (1990 pop. 84,770), seat of Alachua co., N central Fla.; inc. 1869. The Univ. of Florida is a major source of employment in the city. Agriculture and the manufacture of electronic equipment add to the economy. Points of interest, in addition to the huge campus of the university, are Paynes Prairie State Park, Cross Creek, and many natural sinkholes, such as Devils Millhopper (said to be the largest in Florida). A state museum and a state school for the mentally retarded are there.
2 City (1990 pop. 17,885), seat of Hall co., N central Ga., on Lake Lanier, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1821. It is a trade center for NE Georgia and has poultry-processing, clothing and textile, lumber, furniture, and pharmaceutical industries. Brenau Univ. is there. Riverside Military Academy and Chattahoochee National Forest are nearby.
3 Town (1990 pop. 14,256), seat of Cooke co., N Tex., on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River; inc. 1873. It is the commercial and industrial hub of a farm and oil area. Electrical equipment; metal, plastic, and fiberglass products; and tools are among its manufactures. Gainesville was founded (1850) on the California Trail; later it became a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail . Historical markers are on various houses, churches, and sites of early Native American raids.
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The county seat is a city with lots to do
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Gainesville
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Gainesville, USA 1. Florida: founded in 1830 as Hog Town, it was renamed in 1854 after General Edmund P. Gaines (1777–1845), a military commander during the War of 1812.2. Georgia: settled in 1818 and also named after General Gaines.
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University of Florida
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
at Gainesville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1853 at Ocala, moved to Gainesville in 1906. The Center for Latin American Studies, the Whitney Marine Laboratory, and the Florida Museum of Natural History are among its research facilities.
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Longstreet, James
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...Edgefield District, South Carolina, Longstreet grew up in Gainesville and Augusta, Georgia. He was graduated from West Point in...He was a Customs official in New Orleans; postmaster of Gainesville, Georgia; U.S. minister to Turkey (1880–81); U.S...
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David Starr Jordan
Book article from: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Jan. 19, 1851, near Gainesville, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 19, 1931, Stanford, Calif.) U.S. educator and ichthyologist. He studied at Cornell University and taught...
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David Starr Jordan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
1851-1931, American scientist and educator, b. Gainesville, N.Y., M.S. Cornell, 1872, M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1875, and studied under Louis Agassiz at Penikese Island. He taught (1875-...
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