Report of James W. Taylor, on the Mineral Resources of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains [1867]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 71 strani |
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... land ; with churches , schools , and colleges everywhere throughout the mountains and valleys - All these many of us may live to see , but few can now realize the magnificent future that lies before us . In this favored land the laborer ...
... land ; with churches , schools , and colleges everywhere throughout the mountains and valleys - All these many of us may live to see , but few can now realize the magnificent future that lies before us . In this favored land the laborer ...
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... land in the whole township in which they are situated , and in some cases this expense may be $ 400 . If several unite , the cost is less to each ; but the whole expense comes upon the first application , whether made by one or many ...
... land in the whole township in which they are situated , and in some cases this expense may be $ 400 . If several unite , the cost is less to each ; but the whole expense comes upon the first application , whether made by one or many ...
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... lands or mines in the condition of private property , and granted as such by the Spanish or Mexican government , or ... Land Office to the surveyor general of California , and by him to his deputies , are worthy of being placed within ...
... lands or mines in the condition of private property , and granted as such by the Spanish or Mexican government , or ... Land Office to the surveyor general of California , and by him to his deputies , are worthy of being placed within ...
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... land within a large area . When the grant was to be surveyed Frémont said he wanted a long strip of land in the low - land on both banks of the Mariposa river ; but the United States surveyor told him the survey must be in a compact ...
... land within a large area . When the grant was to be surveyed Frémont said he wanted a long strip of land in the low - land on both banks of the Mariposa river ; but the United States surveyor told him the survey must be in a compact ...
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... land . There are 60,000 acres of land enclosed , 20,000 cultivated , including 3,000 in wheat , 310,000 grape vines , 30,000 apple trees , as many peach trees , 5,000 head of neat cattle , 20,000 sheep , 20 saw - mills , which turn out ...
... land . There are 60,000 acres of land enclosed , 20,000 cultivated , including 3,000 in wheat , 310,000 grape vines , 30,000 apple trees , as many peach trees , 5,000 head of neat cattle , 20,000 sheep , 20 saw - mills , which turn out ...
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Report of James W. Taylor, on the Mineral Resources of the United States ... James Wickes Taylor Predogled ni na voljo - 2018 |
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Stran 181 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Stran 531 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Stran 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Stran 560 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Stran 663 - This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation.
Stran 534 - ... danger exists, and it may be safely navigated throughout. No part of the world affords finer inland sounds, or a greater number of harbors, than are found within the Straits of Juan de Fuca, capable of receiving the largest class of vessels, and without a danger in them which is not visible. From the rise and fall of the tides (18 feet) every facility is offered for the erection of works for a great maritime nation. The country also affords as many sites for water-power as any other.
Stran 490 - Shining mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.
Stran 434 - Checks, due bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange, and all orders or agreements for the payment or delivery of money, or other thing of value, may be made or drawn, by telegraph, and when so made or drawn, shall have the same force and effect to charge the maker, drawer...
Stran 40 - When the old sheriffs house was destroyed at Lexington, Captain JA Wilson secured the slave whip which had been the official Lafayette County flagellum. It is composed of a wooden handle attached to a flat piece of rubber strap about eighteen inches long, an inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. It has the appearance of having been cut from rubber belting, being reen forced with fibre as 1s rubber hose.
Stran 482 - Among these are a variety of esculent plants and roots, acquired without much difficulty, and yielding not only a nutritious but a very agreeable food. The air is pure and dry, the climate quite as mild, if not milder, than the same parallels of latitude in the Atlantic states, and must be equally healthy, for all the disorders which we have witnessed may fairly be imputed more to the nature of the diet than to any intemperance of climate.