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  Granite City, Illinois
The city's heritage is marked by the 17 flags, from as many European nations, which fly in a memorial park in the heart of downtown.
A city born of rock and steel, Granite City grew up a mill town, drawing its expanding population from among the flood of Central European immigrants who came to this new land in search of freedom and opportunity.
Granite City is a wonderful city, full of same eagerness and optimism that 100 years ago inspired the settlers of what was then called Six Mile Prairie, that built the homes, the churches, the schools, the parks, and the mills, and made Granite City strong.
www.villageprofile.com /illinois/granitecity/granitecity1.html   (1516 words)

  
  Granite City, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granite City is a city located in Madison County, Illinois.
In the city the population is spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the city is $35,615, and the median income for a family is $42,130.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois   (437 words)

  
 Granite City, Illinois -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Granite City is a city located in (additional info and facts about Madison County, Illinois) Madison County, Illinois.
Granite City is located at 38°43'4" North, 90°7'46" West (38.717849, -90.129529).
As of the (A period count of the population) census of 2000, there are 31,301 people, 12,773 households, and 8,455 families residing in the city.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/granite_city,_illinois.htm   (429 words)

  
 Granite City Electric
Granite City Electric's history is the true American Dream.
Granite City Electric Owner Phyllis P. Godwin Honored with 2007 New England Women's Leadership Award
Granite City Electric is a Certified Women Business Enterprise.
www.granitecityelectric.com   (130 words)

  
 Granite City
Granite City was originally a Confederate blockade runner, and was captured in the Bahama Islands 22 March 1863 by U.S.S. Tioga.
Granite City was ideally suited to help support the troop landings because her shallow draft allowed her to cross the bar and lie close to shore.
For the next 8 months, Granite City, though often in need of repairs to her weak machinery, actively participated in the blockade of the Texas coast.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/g7/granite_city.htm   (422 words)

  
 Granite City on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Granite City police chief is critical of killer's parole Whitford is required to wear ankle bracelet at all times
Granite City police shoot man who they say was issuing threats He is critically injured
A large mound of scrap granite, known as a grout pile, looms in the backyard of a home in Graniteville, a village near the Rock of Ages granite quarries on a hill above the city of Barre, Vermont.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/granitec1.asp   (703 words)

  
 Angeltigerlily's - Aberdeen PagesAberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This elegant granite city welcomes visitors whatever the time of year and the warmth of this welcome is reflected in the toast associated with the words
With an extremely proud and fascinating history, Scotland's Granite City of Aberdeen, presents a modern cosmopolitan image each year, to the City's thousands of visitors.  They are often surprised by the many diverse attractions which the regional Capital of The Grampian Highlands has to offer.
The city has long been famous for its outstanding parks, gardens and floral displays which greet the visitor - with around 2 million roses, 11 million daffodils and 3 million crocuses, it is not difficult to see why Aberdeen is also known as the "Flower of Scotland".
www.usedbooks-websitedesign.com /aberdeen.html   (1110 words)

  
 Visitor's Guide to Granite City, Illinois
The first European settlers began arriving in the Granite City area in the 1830's attracted by the rich bottom land east of the Mississippi River.
Granite City was originally called Six Mile Prairie after because its farmers had to travel six miles to St. Louis to sell their produce and buy supplies.
Granite City was incorporated in 1896, named for the graniteware that had made the Niedringhaus brothers wealthy.
www.greatriverroad.com /somadco/granite/graniteCover.htm   (420 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Granite City, Illinois
Madison County is a county located in the state of Illinois.
Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families.
This is a school district based in Granite City, Illinois and it has currently 9 schools.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Granite-City,-Illinois   (821 words)

  
 The Telegraph - News - 09/10/2003 - Granite City is shut out by Alton defense, 1-0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
ALTON -- Watching Granite City in action earlier this season, Alton coach Greg Nasello noticed something with which he was all too familiar -- a little suspect weak-side defense.
Granite City missed a golden opportunity to tie the game just three minutes into the second half when Ben Zaring missed on an open left side of the goal after sneaking through the AHS defense.
Granite City threw everything they had at us and we came through it.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10138962&BRD=1719&PAG=461&dept_id=25270&rfi=6   (516 words)

  
 Elks Youth Soccer: About Granite City!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Granite City is near the center of St. Louis/Southwestern Illinois metropolitan area, home to approximatley 2.5 million people--the 16th largest market in the United States.
Cahokia Indians Mounds State Park is just South of Granite City.
For the kids, Six Flags over Missouri is just 45 minutes by interstate from Granite City.
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 Aberdeen Today - The Granite City
Aberdeen is known as the Granite City and the Oil Capital of Europe.Aberdeen is called the Granite, or Silver City because nearly all of its buildings are made of the pale granite that is quarried nearby.
Aberdeen is also the largest city in north-east Scotland, with a population of around 300,000.
The city has long been famous for its outstanding parks, gardens and floral displays which greet the visitor - with around 2 million roses, 11 million daffodils and 3 million crocuses, it is not difficult to see why Aberdeen is known as the "Flower of Scotland".
www.aberdeentoday.co.uk /granite.htm   (357 words)

  
 Wagner Brewing Company, Granite City, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
himself moved to Granite City, showing his commitment to the brewery at a time when many area workers commuted from St. Louis, owing both to the ease of the trip (by ferry, train and street car), and a housing shortage which was a continuing problem in the fast-growing town.
In Granite City, though, the wet vote was more than double that of the prohibitionists, an even larger majority than when the issue had been voted upon six years earlier.
New league secretary Heydman denied that the Granite City and Staunton teams were being dropped because they were backed by breweries, and cited that another team with brewery sponsorship was still in the league.
www.beerhistory.com /library/holdings/wagner_granitecity.shtml   (5306 words)

  
 Granite City Real Estate - St Cloud - 320-253-0003 - Home
Granite City Real Estate features one of the largest and most experienced teams of commercial real estate agents in Central Minnesota.
GRANITE CITY REAL ESTATE is dedicated to honesty and integrity for every client we have the privilege of serving.
Granite City Real Estate also provides full management and operations oversight services for commercial property owners.
www.granitecityproperties.com   (750 words)

  
 Granite City, Illinois IL, city profile (Madison County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Granite City, IL Granite City is a city in Madison County, in the Saint Louis metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Granite City was $17,691, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Granite City, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $341.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6197   (600 words)

  
 State Kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Hands cuffed in front of him, in leg chains, head drooped, and with an officer at each elbow, he was led from the station to a prisoner transport van for transfer to a hearing before Judge Joyce Salera, the chief juvenile judge.
It was the same entering and leaving Juvenile Court, where Judge Salera quickly remanded Billy to Granite School for Boys "pending a hearing at a time to be determined." If he had not been a foster kid, his parents would have picked him up at the police station and taken him home.
Granite City School for Boys, where the city sent its most dangerous juvenile offenders, didn't look like a maximum-security institution.
www.statekid.com /Pages/16granitecityschool.htm   (1707 words)

  
 Union City on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Union City grew rapidly in the late 20th cent.; its population more than tripled between 1970 and 1990.
This densely populated city has many small firms, most of them in the embroidery field.
Three Civil War battles were fought nearby, and the city has a Civil War cemetery, a monument to unknown Confederate dead, and an eternal-flame memorial.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/U/UnionC1it.asp   (813 words)

  
 SWIC - Granite City Campus
At the Granite City Campus you can start on your path to a bachelor's degree with one of the college's 23 University Transfer programs, including Honors Program courses in a variety of subjects.
The Granite City Campus also offers a variety of fun and informative Saturday Experience non-credit workshops.
Granite City Campus, 4950 Maryville Road, is located at the intersection of Maryville Road and Highway 203 on the north side of Granite City.
www.southwestern.cc.il.us /granitecity   (239 words)

  
 Granite City Pet Hospital Veterinarians Minnesota Animal Hospital Websites
Granite City Pet Hospital Veterinarians Minnesota Animal Hospital Websites
GRANITE CITY PET HOSPITAL 2935 South 2nd Street St.
Granite City Pet Hospital is a full service veterinary facility
granitecitypet.com   (360 words)

  
 (GC326B) CITY OF GRANITE by Wanderlust and Laughing Moon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This cache is hidden deep in a cave in the spectacular area known locally as "Granite City" in the Horse Cove community near Highlands, NC.
Granite City is an extremely interesting and unusual area of high rock walls, tumbled masses of mammoth boulders, caves, crevices, ledges, and an intricate maze of narrow chasms (or "streets") which generally run parallel to the contour lines of the mountain.
A lot of climbing and scrambling are required to explore Granite City and to find the cache, so dress accordingly (Long pants and possibly jacket if done in the winter.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=12907   (954 words)

  
 Association for the Protection of Animals - Granite City, IL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Association for the Protection of Animals - Granite City, IL Dusty was rescued from an animal shelter in Missouri in the Spring of 2000.
On September 6, 2000, Dusty was brought to the Granite City APA shelter to locate a loving home.
He was taken to mobile adoptions on weekends and loved the attention that he would get when he laid on top of his kennel.
www.apagc.com /dusty.html   (344 words)

  
 The Granite City - Life
The Floral City, the Silver City by the Golden Sands, City of Bon-Accord Aberdeen is enduringly The Granite City.
Whatever, it wears its titles with pride, a prosperous cosmopolitan city with an international well-travelled population, and a business culture firmly based on education and IT.
The sternly granite edifices of His Majesty's Theatre and the Town House vie with the iced-wedding-cake appeal of Marischal College (the largest white granite building in the world), while historic Old Aberdeen and the fishing village of Fittie mark an indelible air of time gone by.
www.agtb.org /thegranitecitylife.htm   (326 words)

  
 Search: Granite - Info.com
granite petrology with an emphasis on the Llano Uplift granites of central Texas.
Granite District Board of Education is asking citizens to examine three options to solve the district's student populations challenges...
Webster's Definition for "granite" gran.ite \'gran-*t\ \gra-'nit-ik\ \'gran-*t-.o.id\ n [It granito, fr.
www.info.com /Granite   (284 words)

  
 ArenaMaps.com | Granite City Ice Rink | Granite City | IL | USA
Go several miles on Hwy-203 (through Madison to the Granite City area) to Nameoki Road (across from the Granite City Steel Plant).
Granite City Ice Rink is on the left.
Turn left on Illinois Route 162 and proceed to the Granite City area to Nameoki Road (across from the Granite City Steel Plant).
www.arenamaps.com /arenas/1243.htm   (252 words)

  
 Granite City Terminal
In an effort to expand market area, Miles formed a joint venture in 1999 to create Granite City Terminal, located on the bank of the Mississippi River in Granite City, IL.
Granite City Terminal provides a broad range of fertilizer products serving customers in Illinois and Missouri.
The terminal has capacity to store up to 40,000 tons of dry and liquid fertilizer materials and is served by all major barge lines in addition to Norfolk Southern rail service.
www.milesnmore.com /fertilizer/granite.city.htm   (97 words)

  
 Granite City/GHOST TOWNS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The gold was within easy reach, but time and again, they found that their pans and sluice boxes were littered with a tiny, silvery-white substance which, but for its colour resembled gold, and, because of its weight refused to separate easily.
Late in November 1885 the colonists mentioned this phenomenon:"...There is associated with the gold on Granite Creek a very hard, heavy and whitish metal, which is probably platinum or iridium, perhaps a mixture of both.
The platinum's identity and value, of course, did become known to the miners of Granite City and in following years sacks of the mineral were shipped to the jewelry markets of California, New York, and London.
town.princeton.bc.ca /history/ghostown/granite.htm   (575 words)

  
 Granite City dating, Granite City personals, Granite City singles, Granite City chat at Date.com
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 Granite City, Illinois - HomePage - City References, Real Estate, Phone Books, Discussions, Classifieds, Community and ...
If you are a Real Estate agent and would like to add the Read Estate tools to your web account, please contact Wildfire at 618-452-2400.
Since we started Wildfire in 1995, this site has been dedicated to being the first stop for Granite City residents.
Make this website the starting point for all things Granite City, and continue to improve the resources for our neighbors.
www.granitecity.com   (379 words)

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