The Great Republic: A Descriptive, Statistical, and Historical View of the States and Territories of the American Union

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W. D. Myers, 1871 - 1118 pages

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Contents

AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopography of
428
AreaPopulation in 1870Topographical features of the StateMineral
490
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyMine
499
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
529
NO PAGE 95 New Building of the Young Mens Christian Association Washington
536
United States Treasury Building Washington
546
United States Patent Office Washington
549
AreaPopulation in 1870DimensionsExplanation of the new Terri
554
Natural Tunnel Virginia
561
Little Stony Falls Va
565
A View of Richmond Va
576
Mount Vernon
582
NORTH CAROLINA
595
North Carolina Sea Coast
598
Capitol at Raleigh N C
607
AreaPopulation in 1870Topographical sketch of the StateClimate
612
Scene near Beaufort S C
614
Rice Fields
616
Charleston S C
625
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globePhysical features
631
Falls of the Towalaga Georgia
633
Savannah Georgia
642
FLORIDA
649
St Johns River Florida
651
St Augustine Florida
662
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographical features
663
A Bluff on the Alabama River
666
Capitol at Montgomery
677
The Landing at Mobile
679
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopography of
681
On the Shores of the Yazoo
681
Picking Cotton
684
Jackson Miss
692
Natchez Miss
693
A View of Vicksburg Miss
694
A View of New Orleans
698
Gathering Sugar Cane
702
A Sugar House 706
705
Scene on St Charles Street New Orleans
716
Jackson Square New Orleans
718
Lafayette Square New Orleans
721
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographyClimate
730
On the Gulf
732
Galveston Texas 748
733
The Alamo San Antonio
750
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographyMineral
754
Harpers Ferry West Virginia
758
Wheeling West Virginia
766
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyHar
777
Nashville Tenn
786
Memphis Tenn
788
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyMine
794
Mammoth Cave Kentucky
797
Frankfort Kentucky
805
Louisville Kentucky
806
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographical sketch
815
State Capitol Columbus Ohio
825
A View of Cincinnati Ohio
826
Scene on Fourth Street Cincinnati Ohio
828
The Tyler Davidson Fountain Cincinnati Ohio
829
Scene on Superior Street Cleveland Ohio
833
Court House at Dayton Ohio
835
Tribune Building Chicago
873
NO PAGE 148 Scene on Lake Street Chicago
877
Quincy Illinois
883
Alton Illinois
888
Chicago in Flames
890
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyThe
897
A Western River
899
Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan
909
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyThe
917
A Copper Mine in Wisconsin
920
Madison Wisconsin
927
Scene in Milwaukee
929
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopography
933
Falls of St Anthony Minn
935
St Paul Minn
943
AreaPopulationPosition on the globeTopographical sketch of
944
A Halt on the Prairies
945
Davenport Iowa
954
Dubuque Iowa
955
Burlington Iowa
956
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographical sketch
962
Floating Island on the Missouri River
964
A View of St Louis
970
Court House at St Louis
972
St Joseph Mo
977
Little Rock Ark
987
Helena Ark
988
Indians Attacking United States Mail Coach 170 Leavenworth City Kansas
999
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographical sketch
1000
Omaha Station Nebraska
1001
Crossing the Plains
1002
Omaha City Nebraska
1006
AreaPopulation in 1870Position on the globeTopographyMinerals
1007
The Palisades Humboldt River Nevada
1009
Silver Mining Nevada
1011
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographyMin
1015
Original Big Tree California
1018
Hydraulic Mining
1024
San Francisco California
1034
Cape Horn
1045
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographical sketch
1052
An Oregon Valley
1056
AreaPopulation in 1870Position upon the globeTopographical
1062
Mount St Elias Alaska
1068
Sitka Alaska
1070
Scene in the Aztec Mountains
1072
Buffalo Hunting
1076
A Cañon in Colorado
1079
Description of the physical features of ColoradoThe Rocky Mountains
1080
Plowing on the Western Prairies
1081
IDAHO
1086
A Cañon on the Rocky Mountains
1087
Indians Hunting Bison
1089
INDIAN TERRITORY
1091
A Frontier City
1095
NEW MEXICO
1097
Santa Fe New Mexico
1099
The Tabernacle Salt Lake City
1104
Main Street Salt Lake City
1105
WASHINGTON
1110
A Street in Olympia Washington Territory
1114
Prairie Dog City Wyoming
1117

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