. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which
. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which is added the various routines, and prices of passage and transportation for emigrants thither, the laws, regulations and provisions for obtaining lands from the national or state government of railroads, counsel as to locations and procuring lands, crops most profitable for culture, mining operations, and the lastest processes for the reduction of gold and silver, the exercise of trades or professions, and detailed descriptions of each state ad territory, with full information concerning Manitoba, British Columbia, and those regions in the Atlantic States adapted to settlement, by those who do not wish to go west, and statistics of crops, areas, rainfall, etc. . ntrol. Some of these are equal to any schools of their class inthe country. Cowitics and Cities.—There are seventy-six counties in theState, of which seven were not organized in 1878. Several ofthe northern counties, as Polk, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca and St,Louis arc of immense extent, and some of them have yet extensiveIndian reservations within their limits. The assessed valuationof the taxable real estate of these counties (a large amountescapes taxation for a variety of causes) in 1878 was ^^ 5,-738. This was nominally on a valuation of sixty cents on thedollar, but really not more than fifty per cent. The assessedvalue of personal property (probably less than one-sixth of thereal value) was 5^46,175,304, and
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