Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of These Terretories : an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to EmigrantsPhillips, Sampson, 1854 - 256 Seiten |
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... grasses ; the river- bottom a deep rich loam , shaded by dense forests . From this first district to about the mouth of L'Eau qui Court ( Running Water river ) , it is one boundless expanse of roll- ing prairie , so largely intermixed ...
... grasses ; the river- bottom a deep rich loam , shaded by dense forests . From this first district to about the mouth of L'Eau qui Court ( Running Water river ) , it is one boundless expanse of roll- ing prairie , so largely intermixed ...
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... grass . Their sides are nearly perpendicular , their surfaces flat , and often covered with mountain cherries and other shrubs . They have the appearance of having been suddenly elevated above the sur- rounding surface by some specific ...
... grass . Their sides are nearly perpendicular , their surfaces flat , and often covered with mountain cherries and other shrubs . They have the appearance of having been suddenly elevated above the sur- rounding surface by some specific ...
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... grasses , and are probably inundated in the spring ; the remainder is high river prairie , entirely beyond the influence of the floods . The breadth of the river is usually three - quarters of a mile , except where it is enlarged by ...
... grasses , and are probably inundated in the spring ; the remainder is high river prairie , entirely beyond the influence of the floods . The breadth of the river is usually three - quarters of a mile , except where it is enlarged by ...
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... grass . No country could be more inviting to the farmer , with only one excep- tion the want of woodland . The latitude is sufficiently high to be healthy ; and , as the climate grows warmer as we travel west , until we approach the ...
... grass . No country could be more inviting to the farmer , with only one excep- tion the want of woodland . The latitude is sufficiently high to be healthy ; and , as the climate grows warmer as we travel west , until we approach the ...
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... grasses and rushes . In the valleys and hollows , where the soil is moist , the grass is abundant during the whole season ; but upon the ridges it becomes stunted in June and July , and dry enough to burn after the middle of September ...
... grasses and rushes . In the valleys and hollows , where the soil is moist , the grass is abundant during the whole season ; but upon the ridges it becomes stunted in June and July , and dry enough to burn after the middle of September ...
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