NumberPercentTotal housing units13,287100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached4,38033.01-unit, attached4803.62 units8166.13 or 4 units1,41210.65 to 9 units1,77313.310 to 19 units1,40210.620 or…
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(Encyclopedia) Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857–1900, American ethnologist, b. North East, Pa. He published his first scientific paper at the age of 17, and at 18 joined the American ethnology bureau at…
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