The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-04-21

a, The Louisi.na Purchase Expo<t'ion THIS !
simmer viii he . Topographic map ofthe
civ Of 81. Louis sad rs ensirous. Copies
Of This map. which i- mAssl, q rssals Of
SURVEYS made hv M. Charles +. Cooke.
-,oporrnoher. vii be distributed grstai-
sously to Exposition visitors Hss momen-
TO of the SURVEYS wcrk in one Of its most y
characteristics forms +
The visitor ~ho studies this map and !
reflects on The signisesnee Of the EXPOSE
ton itself may we'll marvel At What a hun =,
drea wears have brought forth. when
President Jefferson purchased The Louisi-
ana Territory IRON France 1903 Tor hi'een
millions Of dolsare. the transaction was
hailed with no enthusiasm in Ameries. =
President Jefferson had been forced into
negotiations by appeals from the western
! states for an open passage TO the Gun oil
sezsse The million square miles OF new
territory acquired ~sre held in light es-
tenn. and only Napoleon vas astuie
enough to exclaim: "Thc accession Of
territory strengthens forever the power oil
the United States. 1 have given England
.-Hv,i" Rut nov when 81. Louis, the
most imnortant city in this Louisiana iur-
: cbas. and the fourth largest in the United
10 states. is about 10 celebrate the c%enten-
! Mai Of that purchase. all the world reeos-
nize. The fact no single act Of en- Ameri-
can President, down to the time when LIN
. cola pcoclnimed the emancipation OF the
# slaves. has been 80 fay reaching or imPor-
tant as JeHersou's deal with the Great
: Napoleon.
The most conspicuous feature. OF the
man t. the Mississippi River. the great
lbirh-av Of commerce which crosses the
e are. from north to south. BetWeen the
river and the hiugs, covering a distance
d VARYING in width from ; to : miles, lie
4 rich bottom lands dotted with Humerous
n .lourhs and orcseent-shsped lakes that d..
ou note old river channels. Despite the IRE
onenev With watch the valley is suhmers-
C. cd. il ia we'll settled. and the map hears
~ witness 10 ita numerous roads and farm
houses. A study OF the map suggests
wv however. the problems connected With The
.,re-ruarding OF life aud property along
'o- the the river hanks. .
No part Of this general district has sui
fered more from the rivers depreciation
than has the little city OF East 81. Louis
also shown on this map. tndauntea ID
PEG GOODS it has, howeyer.had a phenomena
ere rrovth. being one Of the few cities la Oh
Al country that have doubled Their popula
ton every ten wears since 1851. To ;
.orn Lo1i. "a serves tho purpose OF = huge Dc
the no., where freight Is sorted and reshippeI
car The great Eads bridge mskes u prsotica
lv a pact Of the metropolis. Here in "a
tNr Il Louis. are situated the national stocl
stoi. wards. famous Tor their horses aud mule
ard. To the north are The towns OF GRAM
City. New Port. Madison Venice a
ma. Brsoklvn. OF these, Granite CITY, viii
iiee ,o,rlntion Of more than 5000, H. the lar
= no est.
~ 81. Louis stands iu the midst Of q
! ~" ian once wcu occupied hv mound hui
'wetb i,~ tribes. About q MILES northeast
4 M' Fat 81 Lou- arc the Monk or Cahol
Nounds. tho most noted group OF mour
in tie United states. The primer
strnctarc 20 this group h. a stepped
trausacted pyramid, iN feet in heie
~ which covers rs .crcs. MANY ofthc smi
gov er mounds OF thi, group have been oh
l.rtcd hy the plo~, hut ~ or 90 81 va
Is eN ing sizes stil remain.
coal Tho msp is easily Indicative OF the
.auiea and Importance 90 the City OF St 10
''l "e but it can not, 90 course, show the RAJ
fa'F itv which he's distinguished it, gro
" from "a ~NNNN-aNNNk WNNHNNN w w."
To-. drcd neonlc iu 1850 go a city With a
f-om %riatien % 51s,i3S u 1900.
4e Doe. Inn, man doe- ,uoa. however, that
railroads enter thf cifv. which dlt
v .:fh Chicago thr honor ai being oi
por, ,hc two great railroad eNchauge pei
o.. soc a,tuccu ihc East and West. AT
.rc,n uaads terminate 80 thc Union Sfatio
ma suiiccut grsv = ne structure 'hn'
ers "a acrr- ct ground. Its inter-
N NWN .-.N nth N..nmfnfUN mUaRNHn aud
~" VIZ" coc-. aud % is accounted one OF the
railroad stations ia the world. Will
anne 10 qrnsth oi railroad freight accomu
has lions. the rver traffic has declined
ION, Tor what. hut when the water IS suidci
high mans host- stdl ply the river
there is great acthi'y Slong the lS
" Ia As "a manufacturing city, st
curry. stands we'll to the frout, many Of ia
.,nsr of tories being the largest Of their ki
avs the world. Especially noted are its
SUR cries. hardware aud w0oeenNare 10
used eX- street car shops, and tobacco fact
phys, The city contains many public bush
YEN io,n several of which are conspicuous for
III n n ornamental architecture. One OF the
rsr- lie institutions is Washington Univ'
d@irrrtl, which hossts q handsome group OF
+, Of the administration buildings, situated
Cure be an emiueuce overlooking Forest
ca inter These hniidiugs, only jus completed
~ r D. within the Worlds Fair grounds. a
, At present. occupied by the Expositi
.,.ti,n 6cials. One Of the city's most meri
claims 20 distiution is is great nun
~ beautiful homes. The residence :
" is conspicious tor its handsome d.
aud vel ksptlswns. Unlike most
. cities, il has few suburbs. kirl
ring ad- Webster Grove, and Clayton are N
8 enter ones Of note, snd the population
picking largest OF these u only ahou 5000
beautiful parks, including Forest
na- Tower grove Park, aud the Misso
~tanical Gardens, adorn the munic
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