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Title: A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources ..
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: (Sears, Robert), 1810-1892. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, R. Sears
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ouri 666 City of St. Louis 573 Herd of Buffaloes and Elks 578 Buffalo-Hunting 580 Seal of Iowa 582 Emigration 582 Log-Cabins and Sawmill at the West 585 Seal of Wisconsin 587 Prairie on Fire 587 View of the City of Milwaukie 591 View of Southport, on Lake Michigan 593 A Clearing, and Log-Hut 595 Maidens Rock, on the Missouri River 597 Seal of California 601 Scene in the Valley of the Sacramento 601 California Emigrants at Panama converting Canoes in-to Sailing-Vessels, in which to reach California.. 604 San Francisco, from the Foot of Telegraph Hill 613 Iron House at San Francisco 615 View of Sacramento City, from the River 619 Scene in the Mines—Washing out the Gold 623 Rounded Water-worn Pebble of Gold, with Quartz.. 624 Fohated Gold intermingled with Quartz 625 Lump of Gold, as it came from the Mines 625 Specimens of Gold-Dust and Gold in Crystals 625 View of Astoria, on the Columbia River 631 View of Oregon City, at the Fails of the Willamette.. 633 Seal of the United States 648
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Although Maine was settled byEuropeans several years before anyother part of New Ens^land, it wasnot admitted into the Union as a stateuntil 1820. Previously to that peri-od it was a mere territory of Massa-chusetts, and long bore the title ofthe district of Maine. In pointof extent, however, and rapidity ofgrowth, it ranks at the head of theeastern states ; embracing, betweenits distant limits of Lower Canadaon the north. New Brunswick on theeast, the Atlantic on the south, andNew Hampshire on the west, an areaof 33,223 square miles.A considerable part of the northwestern division of the state is mountainous,and there are rough tracts and peaks of considerable elevation in some otherparts ; but in the north the surface is generally even, although the height is con-siderable, dividing the waters of the St. Lawrence from those emptying into theocean. The Allegany range, which first appears in Alabama, and traverses allthe intermediate Atlantic states, with mountains or hills of differe

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