. 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. . r.^- ^.x:^. y 9^ -^^^V ^^ •-■If Iif. %^:./t ■XT ^/^^ --- ^. I MAP OF *) 7h W,-hl rroiii 7;i Wusliinjfoii o* <^9 !» I • WVst :iA Ihin-righl hyJinut/ry XIa IClil. TOPOGRAPHY OF ALASKA. 1269 koqulm, about 600 miles in length, the Nushagak, the Sushitna,the Atna or Copper river, and in the Sitkan division the Chilcat,the Takou and the Stickine. The last is about 250 miles inlenofth. It is divided by natural lines into three grand divisions, varyingeach from the other in natural characteristics and value: 1. The Sitkan Division, triangular in shape with the latitudinalline of 54° 40 north for the southern boundary, and the longitu-jdinal line of 141° west for the western, and on the
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