Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-25
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tbare = narroJv hreaL od,,;tt;no. a fe,y s,nall
streams of water r. fov INTO re M;es;es;nn;
hut mt nresent;pg anv where = situation tor n
town ..s-and wben;t ia also consdered that the
ostar, ha,,l af tho Il;,,o;s 49,. Gov so,'o d;s
tance ;s rnckv and hroLen and hen il becomes
io,v Lotto,n Isnd co., ,no.e than two bnndred
niles from tbe mnnth of the r;var. the MINI
s ;rras;st;hlv Ied IN tho on;n;on ,hat The town
of A1tnn IL s;tnated on f. do,nmand;nm and i'm
nortant site there be;na M ,vhere lee m the
ros,er,, hants of the ASss;ss;nn; and ,ll;no;s
r;yers for more thap tbrea bnrdred nile. !.
mood s;tuot;on for =. town Tb;s on;n;on ia
drawn from the ADVANTAGES this place nav re.
oa; tor, ,ho ,,o,,;ma+;no, 81 tho,,, n;,.o,s -
np1 4..xrr ha,, flat
tarn,I ,a,.,cr,+;on slaII ba oor,io+aJ f.a,,, +ha
Hudson thrnurh tbe 7 leo f. tho s,;ss;ss;,,n;
and the r,,nrfanc of th;s s;tnat;on fn,. err.at
ana commerc;sl town wi, he nore f,,lis nm
nrec;ated. +
The surrounding country eoua,s in rich.
ness of so;l and ,oor;cnlt,rsl advan,aaes she
mnet fart;le nor,;oo of The western conntr,
In ,dd;t;,r IN the o,o;ner cons;d rot;ons
free stone lime stone anI stone COOL ahonnd
in r.,at abundance n 10 ,,e;rbbonbood ~
,b;so no And hv ,af.reros % ~ aotno1
survtv of tbs afate Altnn 10 fo,,nd n he nearl,,
dine vest from Vand.l;. The saat of oovern.
ment The M;ss;ss;nn; ;s .t th;s nont3 6fteen
m;lcs nearer thoi 1a,i:p +han on,. otha. nov;o.o-
HE water of The state' excentinr he K,slos.
k;a river which ;s nay;gahle 70 pondai,a 'onIv
two or three montbs in n ,oar
mt even berc aIthonmb tha ho,i, . roo,,,,
the river easv Of access. and there e rood host
land;ng and barhor The I,nd ;s for ,'o,. than
one nile hacl. ntsn ard na,sn
with hills and s;nt hoies Tharsfnra H. Ste s;tc
for the town IF SAIIr ;s consdered nova ali.
u;hle tban any, otLa,r l;,.h .a,, h. ,,l',.t,,1 a
fhe waters of,ba ill;on;s and
This town i s;t,,o1aJ ~, +ha &C. t;aL nj
LING and commandno, ,rro,rd fron, ~ ,.,,.er
on SOC f in town g .nJ r.na.a q w of
tha al ,',.;,,o;,sa, ,,,on;i;a s' VI
north of Inner Alton IN tha oonHtu , nf .,ad; ;'
son and atatc of Illinois Tbere a.o NJ ,,onds
nor sta,rnant waters. the source Of 90 nnsb
disease in This conntrv in fb;s town mo-. IN ;ts
vicinity Int 4 ;s we1l sm,,rled r,;,b cav;
| of nnre ,ater ''rr"-A WIN 'p-'"e'
The oreat road laad;nc from, +he sost
tbroupbout this state to tha M;sso.,-; Tcr.;to1
nv. the Rooms lick and Salt rve,. countr;es
rims tbrouob this town and crosses tho u;ss;s
sim; NJ the wrn lnown S,nsIt,ar,. f'rr,
1his road will he mode 70 fnrl~ at ti,;s toro,,
and run also to Fountain fe,.r, at iowar Alton
| these two ferries I'VE The onlv anas of ANY,,
;mnortance. that can ever he cstoi,l;sbad ny
the M;ssiss;pn; between the MoSonr; ond m;
no;s r;vers Tho ure.t n.+;onol road r,,,,,;,,o.
from the civ of WASHINGTON ,veotrard,,. ,,,st
nccessar;lv be made tn eross one o X nth us
| of these ferries. when i shs,, he e-tondoJ n
the Iresonr; and to the rocLv ,-o,,,+a;ns Tho
imnortant road leadinr from The so,Ith 70 the
military lan5s in the Tori of tho nt;es;ss;,,r;
and Illinois rivcrs and IN the Saa,r.nn oo',ntr
must from the nrcul;or mol nf tha iana
either IN the ,vest or an tba oost ~ A. -
RIM tbrou~h this town ga t'-'''EN'
Good mechanics of moral and industrious
habits, and respectable men of other occupa-
tons, will receive liberal encouragement to
settle in this town.
1t may be copsdered extraordinary that