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Excerpt from Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures, or Life in the West Kentucky. - Boundaries - Position and Area - Climate - Face of the Country - Soil and Productions - Manufactures - Religious Denominations - Public Charities - Reformatory Institutions - History - Internal Improvements - Population of State - Counties, their Population and County Towns - Cities and Towns - Louisville, Lexington - Education - Government - Finances, etc. - Curiosities and Attractions - Rivers - Geology - Minerals Tennessee. - Boundaries and Area - Face of the Country - Rivers - Objects of Interest - Counties, Population and County Towns - Education - Climate, Soil and Productions, with Agricultural Statistics - Manufactures - Total Population and Total Vote Cast for President in 1860 - Forest Trees - Animals - Commerce - History- Cities and Towns - Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Columbia, Murfreesboro - Government - State Bonds - Minerals - The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Indiana. - Boundaries, Position and Area - Face of the Country - Minerals - Rivers, Lakes, etc. - Climate, Soil and Productions - Curiosities and Attractions - Forest Trees - Population of State - Manufactures - Internal Improvements - Commerce - Education - Government - Finances, etc. - Religious Denominations - Counties, their Population, and County Towns - Cities and Towns - Indianapolis, Madison, New Albany, Fort Wayne, Lafayette - History Illinois. - Origin of the Name - Boundaries, Position and Area - Face of the Country - Rivers and Lakes - Minerals - Curiosities and Attractions - Climate, Soil and Productions - Forest Trees - Manufactures - Internal Improvements - Commerce - Education - Religious Denominations - Periodicals - State Institutions - Counties, their Population and County Towns - Population of State - Cities and Towns - Government - History - Chicago Missouri. - Boundaries, Position and Area - Rivers - The Missouri and its Branches - Affluents of the Mississippi - Geology - Minerals and Coal - Counties, Population and County Towns - Forest and Fruit Trees - Agricultural Statistics - Aggregate Population and Total Vote for President in 1860 and 1864 - History - Cities and Towns - Jefferson City, St. Louis, Hannibal, Lexington, St. Joseph, Weston, Independence, St. Charles - Kansas City - Finances - The New Constitution - Education - Objects of Interest - Climate - Consolidation of Railroad Debt - Pacific Railroad of Missouri - Southern Pacific Railroad - The Missouri Lead Mines Arkansas. - Area, General Description and Boundaries - Face of the Country Minerals - Rivers - Lakes, etc. - Objects of Interest - Climate, Soil and Productions - Agricultural Statistics - Manufactures - Aggregate Population and Total Vote for President in 1860, and for State Auditor in 1866 - Forest Trees, Animals - Counties, Population, and County Towns - Revision of State Constitution - History - Cities and Towns - Little Rock, Van Buren, Camden, Batesville, Fort Smith About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.