The Mississippi River and Valley: Bibliography, Mostly Non-technical |
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1817 LIBRARIES 2d sess Amer American April Arkansas Bibliography Bost Carver Charles Chic CHIGAN commerce Committee Cong Cover-title Découvertes et établissements diagrs Digest discovery edition expedition explorations facsim flood control fold front Galesburg Geological survey geology George Gulf of Mexico Half-title Hennepin Henry Hilgard historical society Illinois illus illustrations incl Iowa City John Journal July June June 21 Lake Louis Louisiana purchase Lower Mississippi maps March Margry's Marquette Memoir MICHIGAN MICHIGAN Minnesota Missis Mississippi delta Mississippi flood Mississippi River commission Mississippi River improvement Mississippi Valley Mississippi Valley historical Missouri Missouri River mouth Narrative navigation News-Record numbered Ohio River Orleans Paul Phila plans plates ports printed Reprinted rivers and harbors Salle Scient Senate Sept sippi tabs U. S. Congress U. S. Engineer Dept U. S. Geo U. S. Mississippi River UNIV UNIVERSITY voyage Wash western William
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Page 9 - Joutel, Henri. Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de La Sale...
Page 33 - Samuel. The western pilot ; containing charts of the Ohio River and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico...
Page 31 - Regions of that vast Continent; with a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects, and Fishes peculiar to the Country. Together with a concise History of the Genius, Manners, and Customs of the Indians inhabiting the Lands that lie adjacent to the Heads and to the Westward of the Great River Mississippi; and an Appendix, Describing the uncultivated Parts of America, that are the most proper for forming Settlements.
Page 29 - Country 1200 Miles in Length, Extending from the Mouth of the Missouri River to the City of New Orleans; Being by Far the Largest Picture ever Executed by Man...
Page 84 - Report by a special Board of engineers on survey of Mississippi River from St. Louis, Mo., to Its mouth, with a view to obtaining a channel 14 feet deep and of suitable width, Including a consideration of the survey of a proposed waterway from Chicago, 111., to St. Louis, Mo., heretofore reported upon.
Page 17 - Down the Great River; embracing an account of the discovery of the true source of the Mississippi; together with views, descriptive and pictorial, of the cities, towns, villages and scenery on the banks of the river as seen during a canoe voyage of over three thousand miles from its head waters to the Gulf of Mexico, by Captain Willard Glazier, author of Soldiers of the Saddle...
Page 37 - Contributions to the physical geography of the United States. Part I. On the physical geography of the Mississippi valley, with suggestions for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and other rivers : By Charles Ellet, jr., civil engineer.
Page 33 - Western Pilot; containing Charts of the Ohio River and of the Mississippi, from the Mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with Directions for Navigating the same, and a Gazetteer ; or Description of the Towns on their Banks, Tributary Streams, etc., also, a Variety of Matter interesting to Travelers, and all concerned in the Navigation of those Rivers.
Page 16 - La Decouverte des Sources du Mississippi, et de la Riviere Sanglante. Description du Cours entier du Mississippi qui n'etoit connu que partiellement, et d'une grande partie de celui de la Riviere Sanglante, presqu' entier ement inconnue ; ainsi que du Cours entier de VOhio.
Page 37 - The Mississippi Valley : its Physical Geography, including sketches of the Topography, Botany, Climate, Geology and Mineral Resources ; and of the Progress of Developement in Population and Material Wealth. Illustrated by maps and sections. Chicago : SC Griggs & Co. 1869. 443 pp. 58' GODFREY, CO — What shall we burn ? A Treatise on the Bituminous Coals of the West.