A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . it signified the old Northwestern Terri-tory—including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,?and Wisconsin—until about the time of the CivilWar. In the decade following the war, Illinoisand Iowa were largely in the minds of men who<poke of the Nortliwest. From 1870 to 1880,Iowa, Kansas, northern Missouri, and Nebraskaconstituted the most stirring and favored region—the Northwest par excellence. But the
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . it signified the old Northwestern Terri-tory—including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,?and Wisconsin—until about the time of the CivilWar. In the decade following the war, Illinoisand Iowa were largely in the minds of men who<poke of the Nortliwest. From 1870 to 1880,Iowa, Kansas, northern Missouri, and Nebraskaconstituted the most stirring and favored region—the Northwest par excellence. But the past dec-ade has witnessed a remarkable development inthe Dakotas; and Minnesota, North and SouthDakota, and Montana, with Iowa and Nebraska,are perhaps the States most familiarly comprised in the idea of the States are really in the heart of the continent—midway between oceans;and perhaps by common consent the term Northwest will, a decade hence,have moved on and taken firm possession of Oregon, Vvashingtnn, Idaho,and Wyoming, while ultimately Alaska may succeed to the designation. But for the present the Northwest is the great arable wedge lying between (511). AIiBEBT SHAW. 512 ADMINISTRATION OF CLEVELAND. the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and between the Missouri River and theRocky Mountains. It is a region that is pretty clearly defined upon a mapshowing physical characteristics. For the most part, it is a region of greatnatural fertility, of regular north-temperate climate, of moderate but sufficientrainfall, of scant forests and great prairie expanses, and of high average alti-tude without mountains. In a word, it is a region that was adapted by nature tothe cultivation of the cereals and leading crops of the temperate zone withoutarduous and time-consuming processes for subduing the wilderness and redeem-ing the soil. THE NORTHWEST. This New Northwest, in civilization and in all its significant character-istics, is the creature of the
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