A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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... miles through a fine farming country , with its appropriate , somewhat tame , rural scenery . At Harper's Ferry , the Potomac hurries madly along high cliffs over a rocky bed , and the effect , as you emerge from a tunnel and come upon ...
... miles through a fine farming country , with its appropriate , somewhat tame , rural scenery . At Harper's Ferry , the Potomac hurries madly along high cliffs over a rocky bed , and the effect , as you emerge from a tunnel and come upon ...
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... views and glimpses . The price of land for such places , within thirty or forty minutes ' drive of town , was , I was told , $ 1,000 per acre ; and , of all eli- gible land , within ten miles around , $ 200 8 A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS .
... views and glimpses . The price of land for such places , within thirty or forty minutes ' drive of town , was , I was told , $ 1,000 per acre ; and , of all eli- gible land , within ten miles around , $ 200 8 A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS .
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... miles further down the river , we find ( as again at St. Louis ) that things are not equal , and that the thrift and finery are upon the slave side . Leaving it behind , we roll swiftly out upon one of the few well - kept macadamized ...
... miles further down the river , we find ( as again at St. Louis ) that things are not equal , and that the thrift and finery are upon the slave side . Leaving it behind , we roll swiftly out upon one of the few well - kept macadamized ...
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... miles , during a high opposition , in seven hours , including all stops . This route is now done by railway , with great gain , no doubt , but also with what a loss ! This free canter over the hills , exchanged for a sultry drag along ...
... miles , during a high opposition , in seven hours , including all stops . This route is now done by railway , with great gain , no doubt , but also with what a loss ! This free canter over the hills , exchanged for a sultry drag along ...
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... miles around , to see that baär - baiting , and the most respectable , sober old members of the church , became so excited as to hoot and howl like madmen , almost jumping over into the fight . KENTUCKY FARMING . The farms we passed on ...
... miles around , to see that baär - baiting , and the most respectable , sober old members of the church , became so excited as to hoot and howl like madmen , almost jumping over into the fight . KENTUCKY FARMING . The farms we passed on ...
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