The states and territories of the great West : including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minesota [sic], Kansas, and Nebraska . ?:5:-i: ,^ MlIll fa L&A. 12* TABLE OF DISTANCES. 271 streets are narrow; and the land on the edge of the bluff,instead of being reserved for a promenade, like that ofIowa City, is cut up into small lots, having their reartoward the Mississippi; and certain little, but very useful,buildings present an unpleasant aspect, when viewed fromthe river. The religious statistics of the territory are as yet soimperfectly made up that but little can
The states and territories of the great West : including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minesota [sic], Kansas, and Nebraska . ?:5:-i: ,^ MlIll fa L&A. 12* TABLE OF DISTANCES. 271 streets are narrow; and the land on the edge of the bluff,instead of being reserved for a promenade, like that ofIowa City, is cut up into small lots, having their reartoward the Mississippi; and certain little, but very useful,buildings present an unpleasant aspect, when viewed fromthe river. The religious statistics of the territory are as yet soimperfectly made up that but little can be said, with cer-tainty, respecting the denominational character of theinhabitants. The Episcopalians have a church at The Roman Catholics have seven, in differentparts — chiefly mission stations. The Methodists andBaptists are supposed to be numerous. On the whole,Minesota is one of the most promising regions of countryin the world, and will richly repay the tourist in sur-veying the beauty of its scenery, and the settler in theproductiveness of its soil. A railroad now connects Chicago with Galena, and theremainder of the distance to St. Paul is by
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