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The Valley of the Mississippi, in its proper geographical extent, embraces all that portion of the United States, lying between the Alleghany and Rocky Mountains, the waters of which are discharged into the gulf of Mexico, through the mouths of the Mississippi. I have embraced...
Michigan is a large triangular peninsula, surrounded on the east, north and west, by lakes, and on the south by the States of Ohio and Indiana. Lake Erie, Detroit river, lake St...
10. Chapter 10The State of Illinois is situated between 37 deg. and 42 deg., 30' N. latitude; and between 10 deg. 25', and 14 deg.30' W. longitude from Washington city. It is bounded on the n...
3. Chapter 3_Climate, &c._ In a country of such vast extent, through 15 deg. of latitude, the climate must necessarily be various. Louisiana, Mississippi and the lower half of Arkansas, lie...
5. Chapter 5_Cotton and Sugar Planters._--These people, found chiefly in Mississippi, Louisiana, and the southern part of Arkansas, have a great degree of similarity. They are noted for the...
13. Chapter 13In giving a sketch of literary and religious institutions in the West, the very limited space remaining to be occupied in this work, compels me to throw together a few general f...
2. Chapter 2_Minerals._--But few mines exist in the Lower Valley of the Mississippi. _Louisiana_, being chiefly alluvion, furnishes only two specimens, sulphuret of antimony, and meteoric i...
1. Chapter 1The Valley of the Mississippi, in its proper geographical extent, embraces all that portion of the United States, lying between the Alleghany and Rocky Mountains, the waters of...
7. Chapter 7Conjecture respecting their former numbers and condition. Present number and state.--Indian Territory appropriated as their permanent residence.--Plan and operations of the U. S...
14. Chapter 14In the concluding chapter to this GUIDE, it is proposed to give such information as is always desirable to emigrants upon removing, or travelling for any purpose, to the West.
8. Chapter 8The portion of Pennsylvania lying west of the Alleghany ridge, contains the counties of Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, Alleghany, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Mercer,...
6. Chapter 6System of Surveys.--Meridian and Base Lines.--Townships.--Diagram of a township surveyed into Sections.--Land Districts and Offices. --Pre-emption rights.--Military Bounty Lands...
12. Chapter 12Arkansas, which has recently formed a constitution, lies between 33 deg. and 36 deg. 30' N. latitude, and between 13 deg. 30' and 17 deg. 45' W. longitude. Length, 235; medium b...
11. Chapter 11Bounded north by the Des Moines country, or New Purchase, attached to Wisconsin Territory, west by the Indian Territory, south by Arkansas, and east by the Mississippi river. Be...
4. Chapter 4Those who have emigrated from the Atlantic states, as have a very large proportion of those persons who were not born in the Valley, of course do not differ essentially from the...