Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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Page 75
... miles . Mackee's - port , also pleasantly situated , lics eight miles still lower , and just beyond the junction of the Youghcog- heny and the Monongahela . Many boats are built here ; and on that account , migrators to the lower ...
... miles . Mackee's - port , also pleasantly situated , lics eight miles still lower , and just beyond the junction of the Youghcog- heny and the Monongahela . Many boats are built here ; and on that account , migrators to the lower ...
Page 92
... miles lower is a very rocky place , called Ewalt's - defeat : the channel is on the east side , near the shore . Thence to Freeport , a distance of eighty miles , the river is full of eddies , ripples , rapids , rocks , and other dan ...
... miles lower is a very rocky place , called Ewalt's - defeat : the channel is on the east side , near the shore . Thence to Freeport , a distance of eighty miles , the river is full of eddies , ripples , rapids , rocks , and other dan ...
Page 147
... miles , then turns gradually to west - south - west , and pursuing that course for about five hundred miles , winds to the south - west for nearly one hundred and sixty miles ; then turns to the west for a- bout two hundred and sixty miles ...
... miles , then turns gradually to west - south - west , and pursuing that course for about five hundred miles , winds to the south - west for nearly one hundred and sixty miles ; then turns to the west for a- bout two hundred and sixty miles ...
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