Our country in story
Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Company
Published: 1917
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: I. A Pathway across the Atlantic; title: 1. A Long-Ago Voyage 9; title: 2. The Northmen on American Shores 13; title: 3. The Need of a New Waterway to the Far East. 19; title: 4. Columbus Proposes a Westward Voyage to the Far East 24; title: 5. Columbus Sails on a Westward Voyage 33; title: 6. Columbus Finds Strange Coasts 38; title: 7. Columbus Returns to Spain 42; title: 8. Three More Westward Voyages 47; title: II. Balboa and Magellan Prove that Columbus Had Discovered A New Continent; title: 1. The Discovery of the Pacific 52; title: 2. The First Voyage around the World 60; title: III. The Story of a Great River; title: 1. A Visitor from Quebec at St. Ignace 73; title: 2. On the Way to the Mississippi 78; title: 3. Down the Mississippi to the Arkansas 86; title: 4. Homeward Bound. The Death of Father Marquette 94; title: 5. The Mississippi Explored from Source to Mouth. 98; title: IV. The Great Southwest; title: 1. The Franciscan Padres in the South 102; title: 2. The Jesuit Padres in Lower California 106; title: 3. The Franciscan Padres in Upper California 110; title: 4. The California Mission System 123; title: V. On the Banks of the Potomac; title: 1. The Old Dominion 136; title: 2. The Land of the Sanctuary 140; title: 3. Mount Vernon 146; title: 4. Two Great Sons of Maryland 162; title: 5. Our Capital City 174; title: VI. Our National Banner; title: 1. The Origin of Our Flag 183; title: 2. The Meaning of Our Flag 187; title: VII. West to the Mississippi; title: 1. Colonial Means of Travel 200; title: 2. Through Cumberland Gap to Kentucky 207; title: 3. Down the Ohio to the Northwest Territory 224; title: 4. The Old National Pike 248; title: VIII. West to the Pacific; title: 1. Jefferson Adds Louisiana to the United States   259; title: 2. An Exploring Expedition to the Far West 263; title: IX. A Missionary to the Far West 308; title: X. The West Is Linked with the East; title: 1. The Forty-Niners 316; title: 2. Early Means of Communication Between the East and the West 322; title: 3. The First Railroad across the Continent 326; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; title: The Development of our Flag (color) Frontispiece; title: Statue of Leif Erlcson 9; title: St. Brendan and His Monks Set Sail for a Western Land 12; title: Ruins of the Cathedral of Garda, Greenland 15; title: The Landing of the Northmen  16; title: Map of Norse Voyages 18; title: Genoa Today 20; title: The Boy Columbus 21; title: Map of Two Principal Trade Routes to India 22; title: Map — The World as Known in Columbus's Day 25; title: Toscanelirs Map 27; title: Christopher Columbus 28; title: Queen Isabella 29; title: Columbus's Room at La Rabida 31; title: Columbus before Queen Isabella at Granada 32; title: The Ships of Columbus 36; title: The Landing of Columbus 39; title: Map Showing Route of Columbus's First Voyage 40; title: Wreck of the Santa Maria 42; title: Columbus before the Spanish Court after His First Voyage 45; title: Ruins at Isabella 48; title: Balboa Being Carried on Board in a Barrel 54; title: Indian Village in Darien 56; title: Balboa Taking Possession of the Pacific 59; title: Ferdinand Magellan 61; title: Magellan's Fleet 63; title: A Patagonian of Today 67; title: Magellan Meeting witii the Natives of the Philippine Islands 70; title: Map of Magellan's Voyage around the Globe 71; title: St. Ignace 73; title: Interior of St. Ignace 74; title: Father Marquette 76; title: The Burial of De Soto In the Mississippi 78; title: Statue of Joliet 80; title: Map Showing Explorations of Father Marquette and Joliet, La Salle, and Father Hennepin 83; title: Along the Wisconsin River 85; title: Along the Mississippi River 87; title: Indian Calumets 89; title: A Fleet of Indian Canoes Accompanying Father Marquette and Joliet to the Arkansas River 92; title: Death of Father Marquette 96; title: La Salle Taking Possession of the Mississippi River 99; title: The Aztec Calendar Stone 104; title: Indians at Work In the Field 108; title: Monument to Padre Serra at San Diego 111; title: Padre Junipero Serra 114; title: Founding the San Diego Mission 116; title: The Founding of the San Carlos Mission at Monterey 119; title: Map Showing Old California Missions 121; title: A Padre Making His Way through the Wilderness 124; title: Life at a Mission 126; title: Bells of San Gabriel Mission 128; title: Discovery of San Francisco Bay 129; title: Santa Barbara Mission 132; title: At the Fountain of San Gabriel Mission 135; title: Map Showing a Strip of the Atlantic Seaboard 137; title: Virginia Manor House and Slave Quarters 139; title: Landing of the Maryland Colonists 143; title: A Scene on the Potomac 145; title: The Wharf at Mount Vernon 147; title: Mount Vernon  148; title: Martha Washington 150; title: George Washington 152; title: Washington I»raying in the Forest 154; title: Washington at Mount Vernon   156; title: Washington Entering New York 159; title: Bishop Carroll 163; title: Georgetown University 167; title: Charles Carroll 170; title: Signing the Declaration of Independence 172; title: The White House Today 1T7; title: Our Capitol 180; title: The Birthplace of Our Flag 188; title: Betsy Ross and Her Maids Have Completed Our First National Flag 193; title: Francis Scott Key 197; title: A Stage Coach 200; title: A Packhorse 203; title: A Conestoga Wagon 204; title: A Post-Rider on a Corduroy Road 205; title: An Old-Time Chaise 206; title: A Part of the Cumberland Gap Today 209; title: Daniel Boone 212; title: A Herd of Buffalo 216; title: Boonesboro 218; title: Attacked by an Indian 221; title: The Boone Monument 223; title: Blockhouse at Fort Pitt 228; title: A Pioneer Home 230; title: Corn Island 233; title: Capture of the English Commander at Kaskaskia 237; title: Father Gibault 238; title: St. Francis Xavier Church at Old VIncennes 242; title: Clark's Coucil with the Indian Chiefs 244; title: The March to Vincennes 2415; title: Statue of George Rogers Clark 247; title: A Packhorse Train Crossing the Mountains 249; title: Henry Clay Addressing the Senate 250; title: Map of the Cumberland Road 252; title: A Conestoga Wagon at a Tollgate 253; title: Emigrants on the Old National Pike 255; title: A Tavern 256; title: Napoleon Bonaparte 259; title: Thomas Jefferson 262; title: Meriwether Lewis 264; title: Mulberry Hill 265; title: William Clark 266; title: Map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 269; title: Pelican 272; title: Decoying the Antelope 274; title: Buffalo Fleeing Before the Indians 278; title: Sacajawea 282; title: Captain Lewis Viewing the Falls of the Missouri 284; title: The Continental Divide 288; title: Wild Horses 290; title: Nez Perces Indians 293; title: Mt. Hood 295; title: A Waterfall of the Columbia 298; title: A Herd of Elk 301; title: Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces Tribe 303; title: Fulton's First Steamboat 306; title: A Flathead Indian Home of Today 309; title: Father De Smet 310; title: St. Mary's Mission among the Flatheads 312; title: The Sacred Heart Mission 313; title: San Francisco in 1849 317; title: Emigrants on Their Way to California 319; title: Digging and Washing Gold 321; title: Colonel William F. Cody 323; title: Overland Express Stage and Pony Express 325; title: Joining the Two Pacific Railroads 329