| 1847 - 724 sidor
...Wonderful river! connecting with seas by the head and by the mouth — stretching its arms towards the Atlantic and the Pacific — lying in a valley,...first waters, not from rugged mountains, but from a plateau of lakes in the centre of the continent and in communication with the sources of the St,... | |
| 1847 - 726 sidor
...power. Wonderful river, connected with seas by the head and by the mouth, stretching its arms towards the Atlantic and the Pacific, lying in a valley, which...to Hudson's Bay, drawing its first waters, not from rutrged mountains, but from the plateau of the lakes in the centre of the continent, and in communication... | |
| United States. Post Office Dept - 1864 - 234 sidor
...seas by the head and by the mouth, stretching its arms towards the Atlantic and the Pacific—lying in a valley which is a valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson's bay—drawing its first waters not from rugged mountains, but from the plateau of the lakes in the... | |
| L. U. Reavis - 1870 - 138 sidor
...in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest theater for the diffusion and the display of Ks power. Wonderful river ! Connected with seas by the...mountains; but from the plateau of the lakes in the center of the Continent, and in communication with the sources of the St. Lawrence and the streams... | |
| L. U. Reavis - 1870 - 156 sidor
...Connected with seas by the I and by the mouth, stretching its arms toward the Atlantic and the Рас lying in a valley which is a valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson's 1 drawing its first waters not from rugged mountains, but from the plateai the lakes in the center... | |
| L. U. Reavis - 1871 - 218 sidor
...river, and finds in the Mississippi and its tributaries the amplest theater for the diffusion and the display of its power. Wonderful river ! Connected...mountains, but from the plateau of the lakes in the center of the Continent, and in communication with the sources of the St. Lawrence and the streams... | |
| L. U. Reavis - 1873 - 352 sidor
...display of its power. Wonderful river! connected with seas by the head and by the mouth, stretch ing its arms toward the Atlantic and the Pacific, lying...a valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson's Bay." The adaptability of the Mississippi Valley for building railroads is supreme over all other lands.... | |
| L. U. Reavis - 1875 - 1110 sidor
...Speed, distance, cheapness, magnitude of cargoes, are all there, and without the perils of the sea from storms and enemies. The steamboat is the ship of the...a valley from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson's Bay." In addition to the river system, the adaptability of the Mississippi Valley for building railroads... | |
| William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 346 sidor
...Mr. Benton, many years ago, in which he says : Wonderful river I Connected with seas by the head and the mouth; stretching its arms toward the Atlantic...to Hudson's Bay ; drawing its first waters not from the rugged mountains but from the plateau of lakes in the centre of the continent, and in communication... | |
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