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ErieCity and port in Eerie County on the Pennsylvania bank of Lake Erie; population (2000 est) 103,700. The name Erie is from a Native American tribe. It has heavy industries, including locomotive engineering and plastics manufacture, and a trade in iron, grain, and freshwater fish. A French fort was built on the site in 1753, and a permanent settlement was laid out in 1795. Erie has 28 entries on the national register of historic places including houses, historic districts, and a lighthouse. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs. Furthermore, as his windpipe solely opens into the tube of his spouting canal, and as that long canal --like the grand Erie Canal --is furnished with a sort of locks (that open and shut) for the downward retention of air or the upward exclusion of water, therefore the whale has no voice; unless you insult him by saying, that when he so strangely rumbles, he talks through his nose. The southern shore of Lake Erie lies below that latitude. |
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