America, Volume 6 (of 6)

America, Volume 6 (of 6)

This book was printed in a 6-volume set and a 3-volume set. Although this e-book was from the 6-volume set, the title page refers to "Vol. III." The index references are to the 3-volume set. The index contains links to Volumes 1-5 of this six-volume work. The links are designed to work when the book is read on line. If you want to download other volumes and use the index, you will need to change the links to point to the file names on your own device. The Ohio RiverEconomyThe HarmonistsColumbianaWheelingMoundsvilleMariettaParkersburgBlennerhassett's IslandPoint PleasantMaysvilleBlue GrassLexingtonCincinnatiCovingtonNewportDaytonNorth BendCarroltonFrankfortKentucky RiverDaniel BooneLouisvilleJeffersonvilleBowling GreenMammoth CaveNashvilleBattle of NashvilleEvansvilleCairoCumberland RiverTennessee RiverForts Henry and DonelsonBattle of ShilohCumberland MountainsCumberland GapMount MitchellChattanoogaMissionary RidgeLookout MountainChickamauga ParkThe Chickamauga BattlesRosecrans against BraggBattle Above the CloudsGrant Defeats BraggKnoxvilleParson BrownlowGreenvilleAndrew JohnsonRoan MountainLand of the SkySwannanoa RiverBuncombeAshevilleBiltmoreHickory-Nut GapFrench Broad RiverHot SpringsSpartansburgCowpensKing's MountainCharlotteMecklenburgSalisbury PrisonGuilford Court HouseChapel HillDurhamRaleighColumbiaAikenAugustaChattahoochee RiverAtlantaIts Siege and CaptureSherman's March to the SeaRomeAnnistonTalladegaBirminghamTuscaloosaMaconAndersonville PrisonColumbusWest PointTuskegeeAlabama RiverMontgomeryCotton PlantationsSelmaMeridianJacksonTombigbee RiverMobile and Its BayAdmiral FarragutCapture of Mobile FortsThe Pine and the Orange. The Ohiothe Indian "stream white with froth," the French La Belle Riviereis the greatest river 324 draining the western slopes of the Alleghenies. Its basin embraces over two hundred thousand square miles, and it flows for a thousand miles from Pittsburg to the Mississippi at Cairo. In the upper reaches the Ohio is about twelve hundred feet wide, broadening below to twenty-four hundred feet, its depth varying fifty to sixty feet in the stages between low and high water, and it goes along with smooth and placid current at one to three miles an hour, having no fall excepting a rocky rapid of twenty-six feet descent in two miles at Louisville. From Pittsburg it flows northwest about twenty-six miles at the bottom of a deep canyon it has carved down in the table land, so that steep and lofty hills enclose it. Then the river turns west and finally south around the long and narrow "Panhandle" protruding northward from the State of West Virginia. It passes through a thriving agricultural region, with many prosperous cities on its banks, almost everyone having a great railway bridge carrying over the many lines seeking the west and south. In its whole course it descends some four hundred feet; its scenery is largely pastoral and gentle, without the grandeur given by bold cliffs, although much of the shores are beautiful, and its banks in various places disclose elevated terraces, indicating that it formerly flowed at much higher levels, whilst its winding route gives a constant succession of curves that add to the attractiveness. 325 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 42872
Author: Cook, Joel
Release Date: Jun 4, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English