The Southern States of North America: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, Volume 1

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103
X
110
XI
117
XII
127
XIII
137
XVI
167
DENISONTEXAN CHARACTERISTICS
175
XVIII
186
THE INDIAN TERRITORY
197
XX
204
ST LOUIS GERMANS AND AMERICANSSPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION
222
COMMERCE OF ST LOUISTHE NEW BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
230
XXIV
237
XXV
246
XXVI
257
XXVII
264
LABORPRESENT PLANS OF WORKING COTTON PLANTATIONSTHE BLACK
270
ARKANSASITS RESOURCESITS PEOPLEITS POLITICSTAXATIONTHE HOT SPRINGS
278
VICKSBURG AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPISOCIETY AND POLITICSA LOUISIANA PARISH JURY
287
LIFE ON COTTON PLANTATIONS
297
MISSISSIPPIITS TOWNSFINANCESSCHOOLSPLANTATION DIFFICULTIES
310
MOBILE THE CHIEF CITY OF ALABAMA
319
THE RESOURCES OF ALABAMAVISITS TO MONTGOMERY AND SELMA
328
NORTHERN ALABAMATHE TENNESSEE VALLEYTRAITS OF CHARACTER EDUCA TION 339
339
THE SANDHILL REGIONAIKENAUGUSTA
344
ATLANTAGEORGIA POLITICSTHE FAILURE OF RECONSTRUCTION
350
SAVANNAH THE FOREST CITYTHE RAILWAY SYSTEM OF GEORGIAMATERIAL PROGRESS OF THE STATE
358
GEORGIAN AGRICULTURECRACKERSCOLUMBUSMACONSOCIETYATHENS THE COAST
371
THE JOURNEY TO FLORIDATHE PENINSULAS HISTORYJACKSONVILLE
377
UP THE ST JOHNS RIVERToco1ST AUGUSTINE
383
ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDAFORT MARION
389
THE CLIMATE OF FLORIDAA JOURNEY TO PALATKA
398
ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDAFERTILITY OF THE PENINSULA
402
UP THE OCLAWAHA TO SILVER SPRING
408
THE UPPER ST JOHNSINDIAN RIVERKEY WESTPOLITICSTHE NEW CON STITUTION
416
SOUTH CAROLINAPORT ROYALTHE SEA ISLANDSTHE REVOLUTION
422
ON A RICE PLANTATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
429
ASHEVILLETHE FRENCH BROAD VALLEYTHE ASCENT OF MOUNT MITCHELL
503
THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINSCASCADES AND PEAKS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA
515
CHATTANOOGA THE GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH
527
LOOKOUT MOUNTAINTHE BATTLES AROUND CHATTANOOGA KNOXVILLEEAST ERN TENNESSEE
536
A VISIT TO LYNCHBURG IN VIRGINIA
552
IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIATHE PEAKS Of OtterThe MINERAL SPRINGS 56ì
561
AMONG THE MOUNTAINSFROM BRISTOL TO LYNCHBURG
569
PETERSBURGA NEGRO REVIVAL MEETING
579
THE DISMAL SWAMPNORFOLKTHE COAST
588
THE EDUCATION OF NEGROESTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATIONTHE PEABODY FUNDTHE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
596
THE HAMPTON NORMAL INSTITUTE GENERAL ARMSTRONGS WORKFISK UNIVER SITYBEREA AND OTHer Colleges
603
NEGRO SONGS AND SINGERS
609
A Peep at the PAST OF VIRGINIAJAMESTOWNWILLIAMSBURGYorktown
621
RICHMONDITS TRADE AND CHARACTER
626
THE PARTITION OF VIRGINIARECONSTRUCTION AND POLITICS IN WEST AND EAST VIRGINIA
639
FROM RICHMOND TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
647
FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE TO STAUNTON VIRGINIATHE SHENANDOAH VALLEY LEXINGTONTHE GRAVES OF GENERAL LEE AND ...
656
FROM GOSHEN TO WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
665
GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGSFROM THE WHITE SULPHUR TO KA NAWHA VALLEYTHE Mineral SprinGS REGION
670
THE KANAWHA VALLEYMINERAL WEALTH OF WESTERN VIRGINIA
681
DOWN THE OHIO RIVERLOUISVILLE
693
A VISIT TO THE MAMMOTH CAVE
699
THE TRADE OF LOUISVILLE
707
FRANKFORTTHE BLUE GRASS REGIONALEXANDERS FARMLEXINGTON
713
POLITICS IN KENTUCKYMINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE
721
NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
726
A GLANCE AT MARYLANDS HISTORYHER EXTENT AND RESOURCES
733
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
741
THE TRADE OF BALTIMOREITS RAPID AND ASTONISHING GROWTH
748
BALTIMORE AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
757
SOUTHERN CHARACTERISTICSSTATE PRIDETHE INFLUENCE OF RAILROADS POOR WHITESTHEIR HABITS
771
THE CARRYING OF WEAPONS MORAL CHARACTER OF THE NEGROES
777
DIALECTFORMS OF EXPRESSIONDIET
784
IMMIGRATIONTHE NEED OF CAPITALDIVISION OF THE NEGRO VOTE THE SOUTHERN LADIES
792
RAMBLES IN VIRGINIAFREDERICKSBURGALEXANDRIA MOUNT VERNON ARLINGTON
795
APPENDIXSTATISTICAL TABLES
803
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TitleThe Southern States of North America: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, Volume 1
The Southern States of North America: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, James Wells Champney
AuthorEdward King
Illustrated byJames Wells Champney
PublisherBlackie & Son, 1875
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
Digitized9 Apr 2012
Length806 pages
  
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