Illinois in 1837: A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country, Prominent Districts, Prairies, Rivers, Minerals, Animals, Agricultural Productions, Public Lands, Plans of Internal Improvement, Manufactures, &c. of the State of Illinois : Also, Suggestions to Emigrants, Sketches of the Counties, Cities, and Principal Towns in the State : Together with a Letter on the Cultivation of the PrairiesS. A. Mitchell, 1837 - 135 pages |
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acres Alton bank beautiful Big Muddy river bluffs bottom boundary bounded north branches cents Chicago commences considerable contained in 1835 containing an area County is bounded County is situated county is watered creek cultivated distance district dollars east to west eastern elevated Embarras river emigrant enterprize extends families farmers farms feet fertile Fork Fox river Galena groves Illinois river improvement Indian inhabitants Kaskaskia river labour laid Lake Michigan Little Wabash Little Wabash river Louis Macoupin Methodist miles long mills Mississippi river mouth navigable north to south north-west northern Ohio river Peoria population portion prairie land principal meridian public lands rail-road rapids rich Rock river Sangamon Sangamon river seat of justice sections settled settlement soil southern spring Springfield square miles steamboats streams surface third principal meridian timber and prairie timbered land tion town township tributaries undulating Vandalia Vermillion vicinity village Wabash river western Wisconsin Territory