A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . lluvial deposites left by the streams,at different ages, in their former beds,are found old trees, and the remains ofelephants. On the larger streams arefine bottom lands, or meadows, of a veryrich soil, of an amber color, which, infloods, tinges the river. Wells aresometimes filled with carbonic acid gas,or choke-damp, which proceeds from thelimestone. Numerous marine fossilsabound in the rocks. Railroads and canals, as well as steam-boats, greatly subserve the b
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . lluvial deposites left by the streams,at different ages, in their former beds,are found old trees, and the remains ofelephants. On the larger streams arefine bottom lands, or meadows, of a veryrich soil, of an amber color, which, infloods, tinges the river. Wells aresometimes filled with carbonic acid gas,or choke-damp, which proceeds from thelimestone. Numerous marine fossilsabound in the rocks. Railroads and canals, as well as steam-boats, greatly subserve the business ofCincinnati. In 1841, there were esti-mated to be 1,125 miles of these threekinds of routes concentrating at thiscity, to cost, when completed, twelvemillions of dollars. Cincinnati, notwithstanding its pres-ent importance, and the great advantagesof its position, was not occupied untilmost of the other princijoal points on thewestern rivers had been planted withtowns. The first surveys were begun by in 1788; but he soon disapj^earedin the woods, and was never seen Ludlow, Robert Patterson, and. 32 498 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Mathias Denman, occupied a part of theland at the close of that yeai and thenext, and they gave the place the nameof Losantiville, which was fortunatelysoon changed to that which it still 7, 1789, thirty men drew lots forportions of the land, but about a yearafterward, Joel Williams purchased twothirds of the town. The original priceof the whole was $500, in continentalcertificates, then worth only five shil-lings on the pound. In June, 17S9,Foit Washington was erected by Major13uughty, with forty men, and consistedof four blockhouses, with a stockade andbarracks. In 1790, General Arthur arrived, as governor of the tem-tory northwest of the Ohio. When I first saw the upper plain onwhich Cincinnati stands, says GeneralHarrison, it was literally covered withlow lines of embankments. I had thehonor
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