The history of Linn county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics ..history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Linn county, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, & . r r ji \ \ \^WA :7Ji>j:,-ATi Lj?.e: f o. The NoRTiiwicsT Iicrritokw GEOGRAPHICAL PUSITJOX. When ilie NoilhwesLeni jerrilorv was ceded to liie Enilorl Stalesby Nirgiuia ill ITS-l. \l embraced only the len-itmy Jyijii;- bctwci-n theOhio :ui(l ihe Mi^si
The history of Linn county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics ..history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Linn county, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, & . r r ji \ \ \^WA :7Ji>j:,-ATi Lj?.e: f o. The NoRTiiwicsT Iicrritokw GEOGRAPHICAL PUSITJOX. When ilie NoilhwesLeni jerrilorv was ceded to liie Enilorl Stalesby Nirgiuia ill ITS-l. \l embraced only the len-itmy Jyijii;- bctwci-n theOhio :ui(l ihe Mi^sis^lpni l\ivers. and north to .he nojilicrn Jiniits o! theUnited It cH)incided with the area now einlnuud in the Statesof OiiivO. Indiana. .MirliiL^an. Illinois, ^^i,;in. and that ]>()rtion ofMinnesota l\inu- on the east side of the ]Mississip[)i River. The EidtedStates itself at that period extended no fartlun west than ilie ?\Es.^i>>iiijiRiver; bnt by tlu,^ juirchase of Lotnsiana in ]S0>, the western bcvniidaryof the United States was extended to the Rocky Mountains and theNorthern Pacific Ocean. The new territory tlitis added to tlie Nationaldomain, and snbse(inenily opened to setthMiieui. Ims be(Mi called theNew Xoi-thwest, in contradistinction fioni the old NorthwesternTerritory. In with tlie f)ld Northwest this is a terjitory of
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