Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-book Through the Western States and Territories: Containing Brief Descriptions of Each, with the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, Etc |
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Page 18 - Missouri, it is observed that these " rolling prairies" occupied the higher portions of the country, the descent to the forest bottoms being invariably over steep and stony declivities. The depth and richness of the soil on these lands are almost incredible, and the edges of the bands of forest are consequently a favorite haunt of the emigrant settler and backwoodsman.
Page 14 - ... has it given way that during the whole distance the water is very deep even at the edges, and for the first three miles there is not a spot except one of a few yards, in which a man could stand between the water and the towering perpendicular of the mountain : the convulsion of the passage must have been terrible, since at its outlet there are vast columns of rock torn from the mountain which are strewed on both sides of the river, the trophies as it were of the victory.
Page 24 - A New and Complete Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of America, founded on and compiled from Official, Federal, and State Returns, and the Seventh National Census, by Richard Swainson Fisher, MD 8vo, pp.
Page 4 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, Carefully compiled from the latest maps and charts and other ' geographical publications. 2 sheets. Size, 44 by 31 inches.
Page 22 - An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the western territory, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
Page 9 - Si 50. MAP OF THE WESTERN STATES, Viz. : Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the Territory of Minesota, showing the township lines of the United States' Surveys, location of cities, towns, villages, post-hamlets— canals, railroads, and stage-roads. By J. Calvin Smith. 1 sheet. Size, 28 by 24 inches. Price, mounted, $1 25. MAP OF FRANCE, BELGIUM, and the adjacent countries.
Page 12 - Perhaps the best idea of the topography of this region may be obtained by conceiving it to be one vast elevated plain, near the centre of which the streams rise, and in their course wearing down a bed or valley, whose depth is in proportion to their size, or the solidity of the earth over which they flow. So that our hills, with some few exceptions, are nothing more or less than cliffs or banks, made by the action of the streams: and although these cliffs or banks on the rivers or larger creeks,...
Page 7 - This is an exceedingly minute and correct map, having been compiled with great care and a strict adherence to actual survey. MAP OF THE COUNTRY 33 MILES AROUND THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Compiled from the maps of the United States' Coast Survey and other authorities.
Page 6 - MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH PARTS OF THE ADJACENT COUNTRY, Embracing plans of the principal cities and some of the larger villages. By David H. Burr. 6 sheets. Size, 60 by 50 inches.
Page 52 - ST. PAUL, the capital, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi, 15 miles by water, and 8 miles by land, below the Falls of St. Anthony. The town is situated on a plateau terminating on the river in a precipitous bluff 80 feet elevation above the river. The bluff recedes from the river at the upper and lower ends of the town, forming two landings, from both of which the ascent is gradual. The first store or trading-house was built in 1842. In June, 1849, the town contained 142 houses, all...