The Emigrant's Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons Intending to Emigrate to the United StatesTyne Publishing Company, 1881 - 351 pages |
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... runs for 3,200 miles to empty into the Gulf of Mexico , and its tributaries — the Wisconsin , Illinois , Ohio , Yazoo , Missouri , Arkansas , and Red rivers . 2. Those which empty into the Atlantic ; viz . , the Connecticut , Hudson ...
... runs for 3,200 miles to empty into the Gulf of Mexico , and its tributaries — the Wisconsin , Illinois , Ohio , Yazoo , Missouri , Arkansas , and Red rivers . 2. Those which empty into the Atlantic ; viz . , the Connecticut , Hudson ...
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... runs in its place along the angle of the solid land , and keeps the plough in position . Then the ground is of such a nature that no coulter is used . As in the fen district and in Holland , a revolving disc cuts through the thick old ...
... runs in its place along the angle of the solid land , and keeps the plough in position . Then the ground is of such a nature that no coulter is used . As in the fen district and in Holland , a revolving disc cuts through the thick old ...
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... runs along the entire eastern boundary of Arizona , dividing it from California and Nevada : it averages half a mile in width for hundreds of miles , with a broad channel , ranging from four - and - a - half to eight feet depth of water ...
... runs along the entire eastern boundary of Arizona , dividing it from California and Nevada : it averages half a mile in width for hundreds of miles , with a broad channel , ranging from four - and - a - half to eight feet depth of water ...
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... run along valleys rich in soil and luxuriant in flowers and grasses . The supply of timber is often deficient in the bottom lands , but the north coast is well wooded by pine , spruce , and groves of oak . of oak . And the slopes of the ...
... run along valleys rich in soil and luxuriant in flowers and grasses . The supply of timber is often deficient in the bottom lands , but the north coast is well wooded by pine , spruce , and groves of oak . of oak . And the slopes of the ...
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... runs in a south - easterly direction , passing through Kansas , Indian Territory , and Arkansas into the Mississippi ; and the Colorado , which , taking the western side of the Rocky Mountains , makes a south - westerly course through ...
... runs in a south - easterly direction , passing through Kansas , Indian Territory , and Arkansas into the Mississippi ; and the Colorado , which , taking the western side of the Rocky Mountains , makes a south - westerly course through ...
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