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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... population . A ceaseless energy per- vades the city and gives its tone to everything . A profound hurry is the marked characteristic of the place . I found it diffi- cult to take any repose or calm refreshment , so magnetic is the air ...
... population . A ceaseless energy per- vades the city and gives its tone to everything . A profound hurry is the marked characteristic of the place . I found it diffi- cult to take any repose or calm refreshment , so magnetic is the air ...
Strana 19
... population of Lexington is about 12,000 . It is a market for hemp , and manufactures it in a rough way into bagging for cotton bales . One of these factories , worked by slaves , we visit- ed . The labor was almost entirely done by hand ...
... population of Lexington is about 12,000 . It is a market for hemp , and manufactures it in a rough way into bagging for cotton bales . One of these factories , worked by slaves , we visit- ed . The labor was almost entirely done by hand ...
Strana 22
... population , 600 ; 1820 , 4,000 ; 1840 , 21,000 ; 1850 , about 50,000 . The hotel talk , while we stayed , was of little else than the Matt . Ward tragedy , and dire were the threats of summary punishment by the people , did the law ...
... population , 600 ; 1820 , 4,000 ; 1840 , 21,000 ; 1850 , about 50,000 . The hotel talk , while we stayed , was of little else than the Matt . Ward tragedy , and dire were the threats of summary punishment by the people , did the law ...
Strana 25
... population . SMITHLAND - MOUTH OF THE CUMBERLAND . At about 1 A. M. , we found ourselves alone with a shivering boy , almost speechless with sleep , upon a wharf - boat , looking with regret on the fast - drifting lights of the Pike ...
... population . SMITHLAND - MOUTH OF THE CUMBERLAND . At about 1 A. M. , we found ourselves alone with a shivering boy , almost speechless with sleep , upon a wharf - boat , looking with regret on the fast - drifting lights of the Pike ...
Strana 36
... a moment's notice . The population of the town , in 1853 , was estimated at 18,000 . It is a speaking fact that a state so large should show a capital so small . Nor , except Memphis , its port 36 TEXAS . A JOURNEY THROUGH.
... a moment's notice . The population of the town , in 1853 , was estimated at 18,000 . It is a speaking fact that a state so large should show a capital so small . Nor , except Memphis , its port 36 TEXAS . A JOURNEY THROUGH.
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