WINNIPEG RIVER 



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WINNIPEG RIVER, one of the large streams 

 which flows into Lake Winnipeg and forms a 

 part of the Saskatchewan-Nelson system. Is- 

 suing from the north end of the Lake of the 

 Woods, the Winnipeg flows northwest almost 

 to the Manitoba boundary to meet the English 

 River, its chief tributary, and then continues 

 to the southern end of Lake Winnipeg. The 

 English River is 330 miles long, and drains an 

 area of 20,600 square miles. East of Lake of 

 the Woods, the upper course of the Winnipeg 

 is called Rainy River. Its total length to the 

 head of the Firesteel River is 475 miles, and its 

 drainage basin comprises 44,000 square miles. 



WINO'NA, MINN., an important shipping 

 point in the southeastern part of the state, and 

 the county seat of Winona County. It is situ- 

 ated on the Mississippi River, twenty-eight 

 miles northwest of La Crosse and 103 miles 

 southeast of Saint Paul, and is served by the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul, the Chicago 

 Great Western, the Chicago & North Western, 

 the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the 

 Green Bay & Western railroads. Steamers ply 

 between Winona and all Mississippi River 

 ports. The place was settled in 1851, organized 

 as a town in 1852 and chartered as a city in 

 1857. The population in 1910 was 18,583. A 

 Federal estimate for 1917 does not increase this 

 total. 



That part of the Mississippi River on which 

 Winona is located is famous for its picturesque 

 scenery. The city is partially surrounded by 

 bluffs of peculiar rock formation Sugar Loaf 

 and Trempealeau mountains being of especial 

 interest and a beautiful park extends along 

 the water front. A Federal building, Watkins 

 Administration Building, erected in 1914 at a 

 cost of $275,000, the $300,000 Winona Savings 

 Bank, a courthouse, a city hall and the Roman 

 Catholic Cathedral are among the noteworthy 

 buildings of the city. Winona Seminary, for 

 young women, a state normal school and a 

 public library offer opportunities for advanced 

 education. Winona is one of the largest ship- 

 ping points for grain in the United States. It 

 also sends out large quantities of lumber, live 

 stock, hay and vegetables, the products of the 

 surrounding country. Flour and lumber null- 

 are the leading industrial establishments, but 

 agricultural implements, patent medicines, malt 

 liquors and flax fiber are also made. 



WINSLOW, winz'lo, JOHN ANCRUM (1811- 

 1873), the A merit-! . >tli< r \\lio was in 



command of the Kcaraargc when that ship de- 

 feated the Confederate cruiser Alabama, in 



1864. Winslow was born at Wilmington, S. C. 

 At the age of sixteen he entered the navy as 

 a midshipman, and saw active service during 

 the Mexican War. Having served under Foote 

 in command of the Mississippi flotilla during 

 the first year of the War of Secession, he re- 

 ceived a captain's commission in 1862 and was 

 placed in command of the Kearsarge, with 

 orders to find and capture the Alabama, which 

 was destroying great numbers of Federal mer- 

 chant ships. In June, 1864, the Kearsarge and 

 the Alabama fought a decisive battle in tin 

 harbor of Cherbourg, France, and the Alabama 

 was sunk. Winslow's reward for this service to 

 his country was promotion to the rank of com- 

 modore. Congress also passed resolutions giv- 

 ing him a vote of thanks. He was made a 

 rear-admiral in 1870, and for the next two years 

 commanded the Pacific squadron. 



WIN'STON-SA'LEM, N. C., the county 

 seat of Forsyth County, is an extensive tobacco 

 manufacturing center in the northwestern part 

 of the state, 110 miles west of Raleigh and 

 eighty-three miles northeast of Charlotte. It is 

 served by the Norfolk & Western and the 

 Winston-Salem Southbound railroads. Winston 

 city and Salem town were consolidated in 1913. 

 The combined population in 1910 was 22,700; 

 in 1916, 31,155 (Federal estimate). 



Salem, a residential community, was founded 

 by a colony of Moravians in 1766, and was 

 platted according to plans made by Count Zin- 

 zendorf. It contains the Salem Female Acad- 

 emy and College (Moravian), founded in 1804. 

 Winston is largely industrial. Winston-Salem 

 has several small parks, a Federal building 

 completed in 1915 at a cost of 1250,000, a Car- 

 negie Library and hospitals. Enormous factory 

 buildings are features of the city. Tobacco 

 products constitute the leading manufacture, 

 and other articles of manufacture include knit 

 goods, underwear and hosiery, blankets, wagons, 

 furniture, machinery and harness. A local es- 

 timate states the value of the annual output to 

 be $40,000,000. J.L.L. 



WINTER, WILLIAM (1836-1917), an Ameri- 

 can author and pott, ami one of the best- 

 known dramatic critics of his day. He was 

 born in Gloucester, Mass. After graduating 

 from tin H:u \.ini Law School he was admitted 

 to the bar in 1857, but refused to try his first 

 case because he preferred to devote himself t<> 

 literature. In 1859 he removed to New York 

 City and became literary editor of The Satur- 

 day Press, and from 1865 to 1909 was dramatic 

 critic of the New York Tribune. He delivered 



