A Pictorial Description of the United States: Embracing the History, Geographical Position, Agricultural and Mineral Resources ... &c., &c., of Each State and Territory in the Union. Interspersed with Revolutionary and Other Interesting Incidents, Connected with the Early Settlement of the CountryR. Sears, 1857 - 648 strani |
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... eral resources have begun to be devel- oped , as iron , slate , marble , and espe- cially limestone , which is celebrated for its excellent quality . Literary institu- tions have been multiplied and well sup- ported , and the common ...
... eral resources have begun to be devel- oped , as iron , slate , marble , and espe- cially limestone , which is celebrated for its excellent quality . Literary institu- tions have been multiplied and well sup- ported , and the common ...
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... eral small manufacturing villages have been founded by capitalists , where large quantities of timber are sawn . North Bangor . - Here are the mills of the Penobscot Milldam company . It is four miles from Bangor , on the road to Orono ...
... eral small manufacturing villages have been founded by capitalists , where large quantities of timber are sawn . North Bangor . - Here are the mills of the Penobscot Milldam company . It is four miles from Bangor , on the road to Orono ...
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... eral distant elevations appear , on this side of which the sloping land just men- tioned extends for several miles along the shore , with a well - cultivated surface spotted in all directions with large barns and farmhouses , to the ...
... eral distant elevations appear , on this side of which the sloping land just men- tioned extends for several miles along the shore , with a well - cultivated surface spotted in all directions with large barns and farmhouses , to the ...
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... eral miles from the places where they were rooted up . The timber was often marked with deep grooves and trenches , made by the rocks which passed over them , during their descent from the mountains ; and great heaps of trees were ...
... eral miles from the places where they were rooted up . The timber was often marked with deep grooves and trenches , made by the rocks which passed over them , during their descent from the mountains ; and great heaps of trees were ...
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... eral of them were never found . The last remains discovered were those of a child found in 1846. A catastrophe so melancholy , and at the same time so singular in its circumstances , has hardly ever occurred . It will always furnish the ...
... eral of them were never found . The last remains discovered were those of a child found in 1846. A catastrophe so melancholy , and at the same time so singular in its circumstances , has hardly ever occurred . It will always furnish the ...
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