Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes, like the waves of the ocean, have rolled one after the other. First comes the pioneer, who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegetation, called the "range,"... American Economic History - Page 206by Harold Underwood Faulkner - 1924 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
| American Historical Association - 1894 - 626 pages
...waves. In Peck's New Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, occurs this suggestive passage : Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes,...the ocean, have rolled one after the other. First conies the pioneer, who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of... | |
| State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - 1892 - 898 pages
...In Peck's Neiv Guide to the Went, published in Cincinnati in 1848, occurs this suggestive passage: "Generally, in all the western settlements, three...subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegeta tion, called the 'range,' and the proceeds of hunting. His implements of agriculture are rude,... | |
| State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1894 - 884 pages
...waves. In Peck's New Guide to the Went, published in Cincinnati in 1848, occurs this suggestive passage: "Generally, in all the western settlements, three...subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegeta tion, called the ' range,' and the proceeds of hunting. His implements of agriculture are rude,... | |
| American Historical Association - 1894 - 632 pages
...suggestive passage: Generally, in ull the western settlements, three classes, like the waves of tho ocean, have rolled one after the other. First comes...natural growth of vegetation, called the "range," und the proceeds of hunting. His implements of agriculture are rude, chiefly of his own make, and his... | |
| Charles Jesse Bullock - 1907 - 732 pages
...waves. In Peck's "New Guide to the West," published in Boston in 1837. occurs this suggestive passage : Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes,...ocean, have rolled one after the other. First comes thjijHoneer, who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegetation,... | |
| Ernest Ludlow Bogart - 1912 - 640 pages
...described in Peck's New Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, in the following passage : "Generally, in all the western settlements, three...family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegetation, and the proceeds of hunting. His implements of agriculture are rude, chiefly of his own make, and his... | |
| Ernest Ludlow Bogart - 1917 - 642 pages
...described in Peck's New Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, in the following passage : "Generally, in all the western settlements, three...depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon i\]p. natural growth of vegetation, and the proceeds nLJiunting. His implements of agriculture are... | |
| John Phelan - 1920 - 656 pages
...into such cities as Albany, Pittsburg, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Council Bluffs, and Kansas City. Generally, in all the Western settlements, three classes,...depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly npon the natural growth of vegetation called the "range," and the proceeds of hunting. His implements... | |
| Frederick Jackson Turner - 1920 - 384 pages
...waves. In Peck's N*w Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, occurs this suggestive passage: Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes,...depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly X upon the natural growth of vegetation, called the " range," and the proceeds of hunting. His implements... | |
| Smith Burnham - 1920 - 704 pages
...comes the pioneer who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of the vegetation called the 'range' and the proceeds of...are rude, chiefly of his own make, and his efforts are directed mainly to a crop of corn and a turnip patch. A field of a dozen acres is enough for his... | |
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