The Centennial Northwest: An Illustrated History of the Northwest, Being a Full and Complete Civil, Political and Military History of this Great Section of the United States, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time |
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... side of the Missouri river , from the southwest corner of the state to Sioux City , a distance of over one hundred and fifty miles , there is a continuous belt of alluvial " bottom , " or valley land , varying in width from five to ...
... side of the Missouri river , from the southwest corner of the state to Sioux City , a distance of over one hundred and fifty miles , there is a continuous belt of alluvial " bottom , " or valley land , varying in width from five to ...
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... sides the clear running streams and cool , refreshing springs in the different localities , the best quality of water is also obtained by digging wells on the high prairies- ranging from 10 to 30 feet in depth . " 61 " Minerals , " says ...
... sides the clear running streams and cool , refreshing springs in the different localities , the best quality of water is also obtained by digging wells on the high prairies- ranging from 10 to 30 feet in depth . " 61 " Minerals , " says ...
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... by open ditches upon each side ? Professional road makers understand that the basis of all good roads is drainage . All must have noticed that our roads , even in the lowest places , are firm and smooth 74 TUTTLE'S CENTENNIAL NORTHWEST .
... by open ditches upon each side ? Professional road makers understand that the basis of all good roads is drainage . All must have noticed that our roads , even in the lowest places , are firm and smooth 74 TUTTLE'S CENTENNIAL NORTHWEST .
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... sides of the bluff or roll , is to be found a soil which is especially deep , quick and fertile . " Horace Greeley wrote ... side of the ditch thus made . Judge James Hanway , of Lane , writes me : ' I have a stone wall which three hands ...
... sides of the bluff or roll , is to be found a soil which is especially deep , quick and fertile . " Horace Greeley wrote ... side of the ditch thus made . Judge James Hanway , of Lane , writes me : ' I have a stone wall which three hands ...
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... leaf curls close to the ground , so that it looks more like a bed of bleached moss than it does like common grass . Its seed grows on one side of a delicate stem . This grass is extremely sweet , and the 82 TUTTLE'S CENTENNIA NORTHWEST .
... leaf curls close to the ground , so that it looks more like a bed of bleached moss than it does like common grass . Its seed grows on one side of a delicate stem . This grass is extremely sweet , and the 82 TUTTLE'S CENTENNIA NORTHWEST .
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Page 180 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 182 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government : Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 241 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Page 177 - Governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress ; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. ^' There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked...
Page 176 - ... distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parents.
Page 313 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 178 - That a freehold in fifty acres of land in the district, having been a citizen of one of the states, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold and two years residence in the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector of a representative.
Page 182 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 181 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Page 175 - Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said Territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among, their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child...