All the western states and territories . Map of Cairo and its Levee at of the Ohio and Mississippi. ILLINOIS. 233 ance of the spot is like that of any ordinary river bottom of the west—thesurface level, with here and there left a forest tree, which, shooting upwardits tall, slender form, shows, by its luxuriant foliage, the rich nature of thesoil. The houses within the levee are mainly of wood, one and two storiesin hight, and painted white. They are somewhat scattered, and the generalaspect of the spot is like that of a newly settled western village, just afterthe lo
All the western states and territories . Map of Cairo and its Levee at of the Ohio and Mississippi. ILLINOIS. 233 ance of the spot is like that of any ordinary river bottom of the west—thesurface level, with here and there left a forest tree, which, shooting upwardits tall, slender form, shows, by its luxuriant foliage, the rich nature of thesoil. The houses within the levee are mainly of wood, one and two storiesin hight, and painted white. They are somewhat scattered, and the generalaspect of the spot is like that of a newly settled western village, just afterthe log cabin era has vanished. Rockford, the capital of Winnebago county, is beautifully situated at therapids of Rock River, on the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, 92 mileswesterly from Chicago. Steamers can come to this place. Great manufac-turing facilities are afforded by the immense water power here. PopulationI8GO; 5,281. Gahshurg is in Knox county, 168 miles south-westerly from Chicago, atthe junction of the Chicago and Burlington, Northern Cross, and Peoriaand
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