Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05
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Points Of Interest in The West and
si -, North. West. aarysls4 !

NOTHING est. ,sggslat
Je6srson City is the capital Q
. Missouri. 1t is situated very nea
/ the. centre of the. State, On therigh
,,i(southJ bankofthe Missouri river
1855 miles by the river from ST
Louis, and $50 miles from Wash
ington City: The situation is sait
to be elevated and picturesque
!, The population, in 1858, was about
5000 0aisl .'5. ilsl sz9o1oeH 50.
j st. Louis Is. The mcst important
city in the State, and IN that see
ton of the old Union. 1t is stu
lated ON the right (west) bank of
the Mississippi river, about 9f4
miles below the Fallsof St. Anthc-
lly, about go miles below the juno
ton of the Missouri and Mississip-
pi, aboutl75 miles above the mouth
of the Ohio, and | 200 miles above
New Orleans. It,is located on two
plateaux, one about 90 feet and
the other about 60 feet above the
floods of the Mississippi, 1t was
first selectedby Laelede, a trapper,
for, a trading-post, in February,
17G4, and contains a population
now considerably over 100000.
Springfield is the .copnty-seat of
Greene county, and is Esituated in
the southwest coanerof Missouri,
about $50 miles Southwest of JEFF
ferson city, 200 miles from St. Lou
is, 80 north Of thesArlsansas line, /
and Is east Of Kansas and the Ir-ii
dian Territory yuo The situation is |
high and healthy, and the popula-
ton of the place is about 2,0OG
p Rolla is a small place located at
or near the present terminus eff
the southwestern branch of the
Pacific Railroad, about 40 miles
southeast Of Jefferson City, and {
100 miles w. S. w. Of St! Louis, +
in the direction Of Springfield: : |
e'IotoSiis the eceunty-seatof WASH i
ington county, situated about 80 I
miles cast Of Rolla, and 40 miles I
S. S. II. Of St. Louis, Rich mines
Of lead and iron are worked III its
immediate vicinity. ~ ,,s...,..5,.!
Iron Moaa,taia is an elevation /
| 500 feet high, with abroad baae, !.
and is said TO be nearly pure iron. !,
1t is7situated about so miles from
St. Louis, and about 20 southeast
If Potesi tsaapA .xorssT III
io PILOT Ka0b lis an elevation Al
Get high, said to be composed Jof, = :
steel, and is situated about 10 miles p
y q q. =
south of Iron Mountain. - - T.
Cairo is situated in the Southern !:
Extremity of Illinois, atthejunc-I /,
ion of the Ohio with the Miss
sssippi, distant 175 miles south Of .
St. Louis, and only about 40 miles
lorth of the northern boundary
f TennesseesoF bnE fdan6f ra9s e4l
ID Mese Madrid, the eapital,of New ,
Madrid county, No, is situated Z
N the = right. "a alwest) bank of !
he Mississippi, about $50 mi miles ssa !
outh-east of Jefferson city, 125
outh-east of Pilot Knob, 200h
outlfof st. Louis, and 40S.sSi WIS
f Cairo in Illinois, o saiq fa
GAay7estmsI IS the cotnty-seat lof a !
lississippi county, No, about siix, !
liles from Mississippi about, 10. /
lilies. from Cairo, and between y
lew Madrid and Cairo. 4 There is Il
mother town BY Il the s same name !,
! the n. W, part of the State
Cape Giyasdeaa, the capital Of a 7
,unty IN Missouri, sof, the same :
anne, IS situated on the light bahl-a' !
I tie Mississippi, about IS : miles /
orth.west of Cairo and about 60 s.
orth sof New Madrid. Far;I cssess