Meaning: A cat having black and cream and yellowish markings. Classified under: Nouns denoting animals. Synonyms: calico cat; tortoiseshell-cat; tortoiseshell. Hypernyms (tortoiseshell-cat is a kind of...): domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Plain is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 792 at the 2000 census. Plain is located at 43Â°16â²39â³N 90Â°2â²40â³W / 43.2775Â°N 90.04444Â°W / 43.2775; -90.04444 (43.277580, -90.044563). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 kmÂ²), all of it land.
The city of Plainview began in the early twentieth century as a lumber town. Since the decline of the timber industry, the city has struggled with various problems, including industrial pollution, but it remains home to more than 600 citizens in the twenty-first century. Plainview is in the forested hills of Yell County near the Petit Jean River. Prior to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the area was sparsely populated. Most of the residents were subsistence farmers, although the farmers also sold wheat, corn, hogs, and cattle.