The Great West, or the garden of the world; its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future: also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward . rwardsin 1837, when there was also a great destruction ofproperty. Number of inhabitants in 1857, 40,000. THE GREAT WEST. 125 LANSING. Capital of the state. Situated on Grand River,about 55 miles north from Jackson, which is on theMichigan Central Railroad, and 132 miles west by northfrom Detroit, via Jackson. In 1847 the place uponwhich it stands was covered with a thick forest. No
The Great West, or the garden of the world; its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future: also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward . rwardsin 1837, when there was also a great destruction ofproperty. Number of inhabitants in 1857, 40,000. THE GREAT WEST. 125 LANSING. Capital of the state. Situated on Grand River,about 55 miles north from Jackson, which is on theMichigan Central Railroad, and 132 miles west by northfrom Detroit, via Jackson. In 1847 the place uponwhich it stands was covered with a thick forest. Nowthere are about 400 buildings, including several largehotels. Both steam and water power are used fordriving several flouring mills and saw mills. The StateHouse is finely situated upon an eminence about 50 feetabove the river, overlooking the town. It is a largeand handsome edifice, and is surrounded by an ampleenclosure, to be tastefully laid out and things, in a town so recent, must be yet incomplete; but their outline is sufficiently de-veloped to indicate the beauty which will speedilyadorn the new capital of this rich and enterprisingstate. Population in 1857, about *. THE GREAT WEST. 127 WISCONSIN. Wisconsin (or Ouisconsin) was admitted by act ofCongress, February 9, 1847, as an independent stateof the American Union. Portions of its original terri-tory were settled by the French as early as 1670. Itpassed from French to British jurisdiction in 1763, andso remained until 1794. After being connected with,a)id successively disconnected from, the respectiveStates of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, it wasorganized as a distinct territory of the United States in1836. In 1838 it was further diminished in size bythe separation from its present south-western border ofwhat now forms the State of Iowa ; and, in 1849, stillfurther lessened, by setting off the remainder of theregion lying west of the Mississippi, now known asMinnesota Territo
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