The Garden of the World: Or, The Great West; Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future. Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes WestwardWentworth, 1856 - 396 էջ |
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... elevated and broken , although there are no lofty mountains in the state . But the entire region is a table land , reaching to a height of 600 to 1000 feet above the ocean level . The most level and fertile lands are situated in the ...
... elevated and broken , although there are no lofty mountains in the state . But the entire region is a table land , reaching to a height of 600 to 1000 feet above the ocean level . The most level and fertile lands are situated in the ...
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... elevated from forty to sixty feet above the other . Low - water mark in the river , which is 108 feet below the upper part of the city , is 432 feet above tide water at Albany , and 133 feet below the level of Lake Erie . Covington and ...
... elevated from forty to sixty feet above the other . Low - water mark in the river , which is 108 feet below the upper part of the city , is 432 feet above tide water at Albany , and 133 feet below the level of Lake Erie . Covington and ...
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... elevated ground , ( about 400 feet above the Ohio ; ) its entire length is 368 feet ; width , 135 feet ; and 23 feet deep ; estimated to contain 5,000,000 gallons of water . Cost , $ 796,000 , and is the property of the city . The city ...
... elevated ground , ( about 400 feet above the Ohio ; ) its entire length is 368 feet ; width , 135 feet ; and 23 feet deep ; estimated to contain 5,000,000 gallons of water . Cost , $ 796,000 , and is the property of the city . The city ...
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... elevated about 80 feet above the lake , of which it has a commanding prospect . The streets , which cross each other at right angles , are 80 feet wide , and Main Street 120. The location is dry and healthy , and there are many fine ...
... elevated about 80 feet above the lake , of which it has a commanding prospect . The streets , which cross each other at right angles , are 80 feet wide , and Main Street 120. The location is dry and healthy , and there are many fine ...
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... elevated as those which lie along the rivers , is surpassingly rich , the loam com- monly reaching to a depth of two to five feet . The trees of native growth comprise several varieties of oak , wal- nut , maple , elm , sycamore , beech ...
... elevated as those which lie along the rivers , is surpassingly rich , the loam com- monly reaching to a depth of two to five feet . The trees of native growth comprise several varieties of oak , wal- nut , maple , elm , sycamore , beech ...
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Էջ 195 - ... There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided always that any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 7 - I beheld, too, in that vision, All the secrets of the future, Of the distant days that shall be. I beheld the westward marches Of the unknown, crowded nations. All the land was full of people, Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, Speaking many tongues, yet feeling But one heart-beat in their bosoms. In the woodlands rang their axes, Smoked their towns in all the valleys, Over all the lakes and rivers Rushed their great canoes of thunder...
Էջ 195 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Էջ 316 - In pursuance of your instructions, to connect the reconnoissance of 1842, which I had the honor to conduct, with the surveys of Commander Wilkes on the coast of the Pacific ocean, so as to give a connected survey of the interior of our continent...
Էջ 319 - The times were severe when stout men lost their minds from extremity of suffering — when horses died — and when mules and horses, ready to die of starvation, were killed for food. Yet there was no murmuring or hesitation.
Էջ 233 - ... whole party. We were soon involved in. very broken ground, among long ridges covered with fragments of granite. Winding our way up a long ravine, we came unexpectedly in view of a most beautiful lake, set like a gem in the mountains. The sheet of water lay transversely across the direction we had been pursuing ; and, descending the steep, rocky ridge, where it was necessary to lead our horses, we followed its banks to the southern extremity. Here a view of the utmost magnificence and grandeur...
Էջ 21 - De la Motte Cadillac, with a Jesuit missionary and a hundred men, laid the foundation of Detroit. All of the extensive region south of the lakes was now claimed by the French, under the name of Canada, or New France. This excited the jealousy of the English, and the New York legislature passed a law for hanging every Popish priest that should come voluntarily into the province.
Էջ 315 - We were too far to hear the report of the guns, or any sound ; and at every instant, through the clouds of dust which the sun made luminous, we could see for a moment two or three buffalo dashing along, and close behind them an Indian with his long spear, or other weapon, and instantly again they disappeared.
Էջ 359 - I have brought back no money,' cried Moses again, 'I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is,' pulling out a bundle from his breast: 'here they are: a gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases.
Էջ 234 - A stillness the most profound and a terrible solitude forced themselves constantly on the mind as the great features of the place.