. The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : its past and present, containing ... 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 Illinois ... etc . SPRING SCENE. i.; ,,Tm >•_. iiipii^iiiwiiiiitvi ill I. J vj rw THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 93 years of depression of values, of scarcity of employment, and loss offortune. To a less degree, however, than the manufacturing or mining-regions has the West suffered during the prolonged panic noAv so near itsend. Agriculture, still the l
. The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : its past and present, containing ... 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 Illinois ... etc . SPRING SCENE. i.; ,,Tm >•_. iiipii^iiiwiiiiitvi ill I. J vj rw THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 93 years of depression of values, of scarcity of employment, and loss offortune. To a less degree, however, than the manufacturing or mining-regions has the West suffered during the prolonged panic noAv so near itsend. Agriculture, still the leading feature in our industries, has beenquite prosperous through all these dark years, and the farmers havecleared away many incumbrances resting over them from the period offictitious values. The population has steadily increased, the arts andsciences are gaining a stronger foothold, the trade area of the region isbecoming daily more extended, and we have been largely exempt fromthe financial calamities which have nearly wrecked communities on thest-aboard dependent wholly on foreign commerce or domestic manufacture. At the present period there are no great schemes broached for theNorthwest, no propositions for government subsidies or national worksof improvement, but the capital of t
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