A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions, Constitution and Government; and Presenting a View of the Republic Generally, and of the Individual States; Together with a Condensed History of the Land. The Biography of the Leading Men; a Description of the Principal Cities and Towns, with Statistical TablesGrenville Mellen G.C. Smith, 1839 - 824 страница |
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... island , is seen . Here the river has a fall of twenty feet ; and from this to the falls of St. Anthony , a distance ... islands , and receives a number of tributaries , the largest of which is the river De Cor- beau , its great south ...
... island , is seen . Here the river has a fall of twenty feet ; and from this to the falls of St. Anthony , a distance ... islands , and receives a number of tributaries , the largest of which is the river De Cor- beau , its great south ...
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... islands . The sand , as it is drifted down , adheres in time to some of the projecting points from the shore , and ... island , and the river compensates the usur- pation by encroaching on the adjacent shore . In this way the Missouri ...
... islands . The sand , as it is drifted down , adheres in time to some of the projecting points from the shore , and ... island , and the river compensates the usur- pation by encroaching on the adjacent shore . In this way the Missouri ...
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... island , which is probably three miles in circumference , and is covered with the most luxu- riant growth of sugar - maple , elm , ash , oak , and walnut . At the point of embouchure it is one hundred and fifty yards in width , with a ...
... island , which is probably three miles in circumference , and is covered with the most luxu- riant growth of sugar - maple , elm , ash , oak , and walnut . At the point of embouchure it is one hundred and fifty yards in width , with a ...
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... islands ; for the depth of the Monongahela branch of the Ohio alone , at Pittsburg , is twelve feet . Michaux counted no less than fifty of these islands in the distance of three hundred and ninety miles ; some of them only containing a ...
... islands ; for the depth of the Monongahela branch of the Ohio alone , at Pittsburg , is twelve feet . Michaux counted no less than fifty of these islands in the distance of three hundred and ninety miles ; some of them only containing a ...
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... island , called from the name of the river , and on which is a military station of the United States . Kaskaskia River rises in the interior of Illinois , nearly interlocking with the waters of Lake Michigan . It has a course , in a ...
... island , called from the name of the river , and on which is a military station of the United States . Kaskaskia River rises in the interior of Illinois , nearly interlocking with the waters of Lake Michigan . It has a course , in a ...
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