Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-09-28
VALLEY OF THE sIrssIssrppI

~ 4utNtcSkfHl ana
views Of The magnitude and tesonrc.s rs 80, -;
81 ioiefnal empire, thus refers Il ~ erten
, SUI SaPseiiy of us nasigabie r.sets
Inc Mississippi Valley Il known h,
suen very crude and indefinite names :,
ne western country, the Lake country
oe southwest, the Far West by some
= called the Land OF Pigs and. since
me elections Of 1910. liz IS sometimes
styled The Coon-skiu regions. III b5nn-
ulfies 90 The west Of ths Rocky NOM.
'ains, Mexlco. and Texsk on The south.
ne Gull Of Mexico on the east The Ana.
ghany mountains; and Cd ,ha noy4b ,ha
Lakes and British possessions. Ii cor.
.a'ns nearly as many square miles as CON.
unentai Europe. and il populat.tla al dense
y as England. would sustain slppp..aY,on
Goth to the 49ih degree Of IarI1uus,
sesses great variety Of climate. Ia rich
ness Of soil and extent Of lillable land, Il
is not surpassed by any country ot the
same extent. Its surfaeeis almost unbro-
ken By. mountain or bill Of snt1clent
size 10 impede cultivation. Geographical
ly viewed, il il pre-eminenilya CONNER
cial country. and particularly eligible
Tor foreign commerce. To see. rreader.
for.yourself whatthe Mississippi valley Is,
suppose you 90 on board Of one q those
steamboats, lying at the wharf 10 New Or
leans and about 10 start Tor the Upper
Mississippi river. Leaving The orange
groves and sugar plantations ot the South,
in about lea days the boal will land you
at the Falls OF Saint Anthony, trenty- fve
| hundredmiles Dip The Mississippi river 4
iyou think YOU are not tar enough NORTH
you can walk round tile Falls and, taking
another boat. ASCEND eight Auadrfd or q
| thousand miles further On your way up
you win have passed through many eli
mates, and seep, The productions d each
kunder culisaion, andover avast rniniag
fesion Astounding in coal, Lead iron and
copper ore, all found 10 VEINS 81 wonder
4 ful richness Asyou feturn, should you
wish 10 take a peep atlthe West, you wul
fake a boat al 81. Lofts bound ufIlhe Mis-
souri, river. Alter couple oi weeks q
| So Of cool hard running she will land
/ YOU at the Grea, Fails, in tie country o.
1.-THE BlackGoot Indians. about thirty mtnt
hundred miles above St.Loais, ana .Jie'
liousqnd from New Orieans. R,eslrrins
! yon would Of course wish TO see some q
The tributaries Of the Missouri, for thi
/, purpose you void make: llitln rexcur
Sion Of sierea hundred miles up the Vel
How Stone, of sirieeD hundred UP the Plat
he and Of tcelJs hundred up The konas
and So back 10 ST Louis on the MisslssiP
j hi river, ttcelpe hundred miles from New
! EOrieans. There you take boat for tn
tbeauiiful Ohio, and run up that stream
lPntsburg, one thousand 5rniles from 70
lmouth Of the Ohio and teo Thousand ifor
New Orleans. Yon would see the dopl
lishing towns OF louisville, Cncinhat
and Pi9sburr; the niost fuxHFianI croF
Fof all The grains aud grasses fine an
numerous Aocks and he:es Of every kmt
: YOU would smll T. see 4 9 primitive cqF
Etuyances walted Oh the bosom Of the, Y
hio, bearing the products OF the ONO va
/. ley TO lis distant market 10 New Orleans
and more than all YOU wouidrejp 70 50
i the healthy, happy, smiling faces Of ID
j people. Before YOU again embarked Q
! the Mississippi. YOU would no doubt ~
!, three or four bundled miles up the Qua
). berland and sir or sevsn huafred up "
\ Tennessee river, TO see what we're u
first cotton tegions oil The Valley, an
how bighly cultivated and improve
Once more on the Mississippi, on 70
way downward, you would BE prompt'
!, to shoot fifteen hundred on tpos thousol
j miles ur I'D Arkansas river, insito s'
i where all thos e hides and turs come froi
a. You would 90 doubt run Two or Ibr
= hundred miles up the Yazoo. and Two
z three tNndrfd Or 50 up The Big Blaf
! Eboth in the State az Mississippi, to 81
the countries that send oui those. stapea
8 | Gus Steam DO at loads Of cotton thai Us
i NEE, on YOU way up; and jgsl beio
! YOU reach New Orleans sou would !
4 s5rely tempted TO pops thousand or i
! teen M Red river. TO see the sPlend
i cotton plantations OF Louisiana. and gl'
3 a finish 10 ySnr excursion
!, When voiI get back TO New Otleap
J, YOU would have a iolerabiy accurate i'd,
y Of what the Mississippi valley Isl aad
Al putting the distances together YOU vi
81 find you have travelled very com'orlaD
"a i<bY steamboat S9Cf6Gn I70USuau HllkSSi III
!. ia going and returning double that d
/. lance. Should curiosity lead you 10 /
q yestieate, you will find thai IN Lbe Miss
ii sippi river and IT'S tribql ares, me MISS
ID sippi valley f,sesses a steamboat nafis
= lion Of from TWENTY RYE TO THiR1
). lTaousANp MITES. Such IS brief b
true. geographical glance at the valley.
Il TO The mind Of al Atlantic or Europe
I reader II NAV appear more Of fan
3 sketch Than a true description. I
u them 10, sabnDse that truth il yioia
Il because or hires are, iayee; We DID 2
. make them. and we are not responsib
/ for that. WE have, however, plenty
5 such little streams as The Hudson, Z
ID Delaware. tie Potomac. tie San.ee, Z
Thames. ihd severn. The Mers4y or =
IL Humber; but We do not dignity the
4. With the narne Of yivers; We eali The
d creeks or bayous With III il takes Il
Of eT 10 make rivef
hi The Boston Daily AdvertIaeI coniai
= statement Of the quantity offain viii
+ fell "a tbatadiiy during The month Of A
j ousl Ias.. il appears hat i rained 10
IL So hours, and 10 That time seven incl
land seventy Observation-Disclosures 81 wa
n l.Il.r,n = level