Its History, Its Wealth, Its Natural Advantages, and Its Future; Also Comprising a Complete Guide to Emigrants, with a Full Description of the Different Routes Westward, with Statistics and Facts, from Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Gen. Sam Houston, and Col. John C. Fremont
This book captures the enthusiasm and awe which was felt during the height of America's westward expansion. Written to stimulate emigration, it includes descriptive chapters on the following states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon, Washington Territory, and California. Each chapter discusses such things as: state boundaries, settlements, climate, agriculture, education, religious groups, population, mines, forts, squatter laws, and major cities. Other subjects covered include: Kansas Emigrants, the American Settlement Company, the Octagon Settlement Company, Rivers, Routes to the West, advise for emigrants, Col. Fremont's explorations in California, railway distance charts, costs of passage, and other statistics.
C. W. Dana
(1859), 2004, CD-ROM, Graphic Images, Adobe Acrobat, PC or Mac, 400 pp.
ISBN: 9780788432446
101-CD3244
