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" The process by which nature restores the forest to its original state, after being once cleared, is extremely slow. The rich lands of the West are, indeed, soon covered again ; but the character of the growth is entirely different, and continues so for... "
Archæology of the United States: Or, Sketches, Historical and ... - Page 110
by Samuel Foster Haven - 1856 - 168 pages
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Transactions of the Historical and Philosophical Society ..., Volume 1, Part 2

Ohio - 1839 - 358 pages
...settlement, of a date as late as the period of the alleged conquest, is conclusive testimony against it. The process by which nature restores the forest to its original state, alter being once cleared, is extremely slow. In our rich lands, it is, indeed, soon covered again with...
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Sketches of the Civil and Military Services of William Henry Harrison

Charles Spilman Todd - 1840 - 184 pages
...the author to prove the great antiquity of the ancient mounds and fortifications of this region. " The process by which nature restores the forest to...being once cleared, is extremely slow. In our rich lauds, it is, indeed, soon covered again with timber, but the character of the growth is entirely different,...
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Sketches of the Civil and Military Services of William Henry Harrison

Charles Stewart Todd, Benjamin Drake - 1847 - 232 pages
...have existed, were thos* when honorable poverty prevailed, and when patriotism was best rewarded." " The process by which nature restores the forest to...state, after being once cleared, is extremely slow. In nur rich lands, it ia, indeed, soon covered again with timber, but the character of the growth is entirely...
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The North American Review, Volume 68

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1849 - 544 pages
...are not to be distinguished from the primitive forests where no clearing has ever been attempted. " The process by which nature restores the forest to its original state, after being once cleared," says President Harrison, "is extremely slow." It is the work not of a few years, but of centuries....
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Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands

Antiquities - 1850 - 418 pages
...high antiquity of these works. In an address before the Historical Society of Ohio, he said : — " ' The process by which nature restores the forest to...original state, after being once cleared, is extremely Blow. The rich lands of the West are, indeed, soon covered again, but the character of the growth is...
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The Life of Major-General William H. Harrison, Ninth President of the United ...

Henry Montgomery - Presidents - 1852 - 560 pages
...will illustrate this ; and also afford both pleasure and interest to the enquirer after both : — " The process by which nature restores the forest to...once cleared, is extremely slow. In our rich lands, indeed, it is soon covered again with timber, but the character of the growth is entirely different,...
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Ruins of sacred and historic lands. Babylon, Nineveh &c

Ruins - 1852 - 464 pages
...high antiquity of these works. In an address before the Historical Society of Ohio, he said : — " ' The process by which nature restores the forest to...original state, after being once cleared, is extremely flow. The rich lands of the West are, indeed, soon covered again, but the character of the growth is...
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The Life of Major-General William H. Harrison ...

Henry Montgomery - 1853 - 482 pages
...will illustrate this ; and also afford . both pleasure and interest to the enquirer after both : — " The process by which nature restores the forest to...once cleared, is extremely slow. In our rich lands, indeed, it is soon covered again with timber, but the character of the growth is entirely different,...
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Types of Mankind: Or, Ethnological Researches, Based Upon the Ancient ...

Josiah Clark Nott, George Robins Gliddon, Samuel George Morton - African Americans - 1854 - 800 pages
...high antiquity of these works. In an address before the Historical Society of Ohio, he laid: — " 'The process by which nature restores the forest to...state, after being once cleared, is extremely slow. The rich lands of the West are indeed soon covered again, but the character of the growth is entirely...
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The Natural History Review, Volume 3

Biology - 1863 - 656 pages
...being once cleared, is extremely slow. The rich " lands of the West are, indeed, soon covered again, but the character " of the growth is entirely different, and continues so for a long period. " In several places upon the Ohio, and upon the farm which I " occupy, clearings...
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