Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which is Added a View of the States and Territorial Regions of Our Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the WestSegner & Condit, 1870 - 775 pages |
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... mouth of the great Columbia River , the Mississippi of the Pacific region ; the enter- prise of John Jacob Astor , and the establishment , history , and progress of the Pacific Fur Company , and of the settlement at Astoria ; the ...
... mouth of the great Columbia River , the Mississippi of the Pacific region ; the enter- prise of John Jacob Astor , and the establishment , history , and progress of the Pacific Fur Company , and of the settlement at Astoria ; the ...
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... mouth , and within the limits of Illinois . Forbes repaired Fort Duquesne , and changed its name to Fort Pitt , in honor of the English prime minister . The English were now for the first time in possession of the Upper Ohio . In the ...
... mouth , and within the limits of Illinois . Forbes repaired Fort Duquesne , and changed its name to Fort Pitt , in honor of the English prime minister . The English were now for the first time in possession of the Upper Ohio . In the ...
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... mouth of the Ken- tucky River , marked the initials of their names , and the date , on the barks of trees . On their return , they were the first to give a partic- ular account of the beauty and richness of the country to the ...
... mouth of the Ken- tucky River , marked the initials of their names , and the date , on the barks of trees . On their return , they were the first to give a partic- ular account of the beauty and richness of the country to the ...
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... mouth of Green River . In 1775 Daniel Boone , in the employment of Henderson , laid out the town and fort afterwards called Boonesborough . From this time Boones- borough and Harrodsburg became the nucleus and support of emigra- tion ...
... mouth of Green River . In 1775 Daniel Boone , in the employment of Henderson , laid out the town and fort afterwards called Boonesborough . From this time Boones- borough and Harrodsburg became the nucleus and support of emigra- tion ...
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... mouth of the Muskingum , opposite Marietta , by Governor St. Clair , in which the treaty , which had been made four years previous , at Fort M'Intosh , on the site of Beaver , Pennsylvania , was renewed and confirmed . It did not ...
... mouth of the Muskingum , opposite Marietta , by Governor St. Clair , in which the treaty , which had been made four years previous , at Fort M'Intosh , on the site of Beaver , Pennsylvania , was renewed and confirmed . It did not ...
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