Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-20
THIS LAND HAS ITS NOVELTIES.
GEOGRAPHICAL PEcvLIAR,y,Es NOT UE.
COMMON.
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graphical peculiarities about the
United States embodies many unique
facts which are we'll worth remember.
ing.
One day while l was riding across
Texas several of the passengers on
the train began talking about the
gigantic size of the Lone Star State.
One gentleman said:
"a novel way to demonstrate the
enormity of this great commonwealth
is to spread out map of the United
States, stretch string across Texas
the longest way, then placing one of
your measures ON Chicago, you will
find that the other end will extend
into either the Atlantic ocean or the
Gulf of Mexico"
Try this experiment TO satisfy
yourself.
The two largest Counties in the
United States are Custer county,
1 Montana. and San Bernardino coun-
i ty, California. Each of these is a
little more than 10000 square miles
in extent, and the four States of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Della
ware and New Jersey could be put
inside the boundaries of either OF
them. The smallest county in the
Union is Bristol county, r. l., which
has only 25 square miles. The coun-
ty in the United States having the
largest population is New York,
which has more than two million
people in it. AT the time of the
last census Baily county, Texas,
which is about as large as Rhode
Island, had only four inhabitants.
| The largest block in any American
city is located in Watertown, N. Y.
This municipal freak is a row of
business houses nearly FIVE squares
long, without break in it. 1t con-
tains the offices and stores Of las
different, firms, 45 tenants and hotel
with IS rooms. The total valuation
of the property in this monster block
is almost million dollars.
STREETS MANY MILES LONG.
The longest street in the United
States, and in the world as we'll, is
Western avenue, Chicago. This re-
markable thoroughfare is exactly %
miles long. It's nearest rival is Hal
stead street, also in Chicago, which
10 but two-thirds of mile shorter.
Halstead street is 80 much more
closely built up that it is usually
spoken of as the longest street in
the world. BY traversing it's length
one may see all the outward indica-
tions of the varying phases of Ame-
rican life, from the novels of outcast
sin to the gilded palaces of pork
packing millionaires. Interspersed
with the native Americans on this
one street are six distinct colonies
where the people speak other Ian
guages than English, namely, Ger
mans, Italians, Russians, Jews, b.
hemians, Poles and Greeks. Hal
stead street is crossed over and un-
der by 20 railroads. 1t is estimated
to be the chief business center and
lounging place for 175,OO0 people,
more than there are in any one of
four of our States, viz: Arizona,
Idaho, Nevada or Wyoming.
About SO miles from Durango,
Col, there is point where four
States corner. At this place, by
stepping a few feet in either direc-
ton, one can walk in four different
commonwealth in as many seconds.
These States are Colorado, Utah,
New Mexico and Arizona. A nearly
parallel case is at Harper's Ferry,
where the train stops few minutes
to allow the passengers to alight and
enjoy view which permits them to
look into three States-Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
The highest and lowest elevations
in this country are in California,
within loo miles of each other The