All the western states and territories . y an undulating surface, though some parts arequite level, with a light but productive soil, producing large quantities ofcotton. Middle Tennessee is uneven and hilly, though not mountainous, andthe lands are of good quality. Tennessee is watered in various directions by important streams. TheMississippi washes its western borders; the Tennessee crosses the state be-tween Middle and Western Tennessee; the Cumberland has its principalcourse in this state; the Holston, Clinch, French, Broad, and Hiwassee, arebranches of the Tennessee. The mineral resource
All the western states and territories . y an undulating surface, though some parts arequite level, with a light but productive soil, producing large quantities ofcotton. Middle Tennessee is uneven and hilly, though not mountainous, andthe lands are of good quality. Tennessee is watered in various directions by important streams. TheMississippi washes its western borders; the Tennessee crosses the state be-tween Middle and Western Tennessee; the Cumberland has its principalcourse in this state; the Holston, Clinch, French, Broad, and Hiwassee, arebranches of the Tennessee. The mineral resources of the state are very great,consisting of iron, coal, copper, lead, etc. Indian corn, tobacco and cottonare the principal staples. In 1851, at the Worlds Fair, the wool of Ten-nessee was awarded the premium of the Golden Fleece.* The climate ismild and genial, being free from the extremes of heat and cold. Populationin 1790, 35,791; in 1820, 422,813; in 1840, 829,215; in 1850, 1,002,725,in 1860, 1,146,640, of whom 287,112 were Northern vleio of Nashville. The view shows the app-^arance of XashviUe as it is entered u]ion tiie Tx) and Nashville the left is seen the suspension Ijridfje over Cumberland Jiivcr, with i)art of the steamboat laudingand the steam printing establishmeiit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The State House appearson Ihe extreme right. Nashville, city, port of entry, county seat for Davidson county, and cap-ital of the state of Tennessee, is situated on the left bank of CumberlandRiver, at the head of steamboat navigation, about 200 miles, following the ??The mountain district of , Xorth Carolina and Virginia conihine evpry chieffeature which adapts a country to the raising of sheep on a large scale. The warm andsheltered valleys where little snow ever falls, afford a winter home for the flocks, where lit-tle defense from storms and cold is required, and where mush of their food can be obtained 628 TENNESSEE.
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