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... seen a little east of the Pickaway Plains , pursuing the same course ; the latter , rising in a high cliff , within a few hundred yards of the Ohio and adjoining the Town plat of Albany , ( whose western boundary they constitute ) ...
... seen a little east of the Pickaway Plains , pursuing the same course ; the latter , rising in a high cliff , within a few hundred yards of the Ohio and adjoining the Town plat of Albany , ( whose western boundary they constitute ) ...
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... seen rolling their tribute to the Ocean , bearing on their foaming bosoms , the products of the lovely country through which they pass . If accident or design should lead him into the surrounding high country , how is he struck with ...
... seen rolling their tribute to the Ocean , bearing on their foaming bosoms , the products of the lovely country through which they pass . If accident or design should lead him into the surrounding high country , how is he struck with ...
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... seen , but a bed of rock that extends to the basin front of Louisville , and a shoal which bounds said basin on the north , as far as the point of Bear - grass . This shoal and the reef of Goose Island , diminish the suction of the ...
... seen , but a bed of rock that extends to the basin front of Louisville , and a shoal which bounds said basin on the north , as far as the point of Bear - grass . This shoal and the reef of Goose Island , diminish the suction of the ...
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... seen , in which are found from one to two ounces of the same substance in an oily form . A stratum of aluminous Schist , next makes its appearance , of from 4 to 6 feet in thickness , as viewed from the banks of the river , ( whose bed ...
... seen , in which are found from one to two ounces of the same substance in an oily form . A stratum of aluminous Schist , next makes its appearance , of from 4 to 6 feet in thickness , as viewed from the banks of the river , ( whose bed ...
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... seen it forced up from its horizontal position , to one presenting an angle of 45o . * It may not perhaps be useless here to remark , that however these terrible phenomena may threaten destruction for the moment , yet they * Admitting ...
... seen it forced up from its horizontal position , to one presenting an angle of 45o . * It may not perhaps be useless here to remark , that however these terrible phenomena may threaten destruction for the moment , yet they * Admitting ...
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Page 201 - French, under his patent, and owned by a company at that place. She made two voyages to Louisville in the summer of 1814, under the command of Captain J. Gregg. On the 1st...
Page 201 - ... Daniel French, on his patent, and owned by a company at that place. She made two voyages to Louisville in the summer of 1814, under the command of Capt.
Page 115 - ... Main street, been laid off so as to have extended 90 feet from the brink of the second bank, forming an avenue front of the town, and had no houses been permitted to exist north of that avenue those to the south all fronting it, and of course the river, Louisville would have exhibited a coup d'oeil, surpassed, in point of beauty, by few in the world. As it is, the town has turned its back upon the varied and interesting prospect presented by the Ohio and its Falls...
Page 149 - Jist complete. To affirm that Louisville is a healthy city, would be absurd, but it is much more so than the thousand tongues of fame would make us believe, and as many of the causes which prevent it from becoming perfectly so, can be removed, a few years hence may find the favorable alterations accomplished, and do away the general impression of its being the grave yard of the western country.
Page 119 - tis true, but within whose magic round abounds every pleasure that wealth, regulated by taste, or urbanity can bestow. There the 'red heel' of Versailles may imagine himself in the emporium of fashion, and whilst leading beauty through the mazes of the dance, forget that he is in the wilds of America.
Page 201 - ... Sailed from Pittsburgh for New Orleans in March 1815, under the command of Captain A. Gale, made the voyage, and then went into the Natchez trade — was commanded by Captain R. De Hart who made six voyages in her, and then again by Captain Gale.
Page 201 - ... 624 miles. For some time after, she was actively engaged in transporting troops. She made one voyage to the gulf of Mexico as a cartel, one voyage to the rapids of Red river with troops, and nine voyages to Natchez. She...
Page 160 - is situated two miles below Louisville, immediately at the foot of the rapids, and is built upon the beautiful plain or bottom which commences at the mouth of Beargrass Creek, through which, under the brow of the second bank, the contemplated canal will in all probability be cut. The town originally consisted of forty-five acres, but it has since received considerable additions. The lots are 75 by...