The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide

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Excerpt from The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide: With a Compendious Gazetter of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Terrotires of Wisconsin, and Iowa The great region of the North and West comprehended in the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, is daily becoming more and more important and interesting. Its vast resources are in a state of rapid development, industry and enterprize, aided by enlightened legislation, are calling forth its energies, and the prophetic declaration that "westward the star of empire takes its way, " is advancing to its fulfillment. A few years since, this region, then denominated the "far west, " was regarded as the outskirts of civilization, it is now (the greatest proportion of it) the residence of an active, enterprizing and intelligent population. Cities have sprung up as if by magic, agriculture, manufactures and commerce flourish, literature, science and the arts are extending their healthful and invigorating influence throughout the country. Blessed with a soil unsurpassed in fertility and a salubrious climate, and possessing, I by means of its great rivers and lakes, advantages for trade and commerce, it must, ere the lapse of many years, enjoy all the advantages that can render a country prosperous and a people happy. To give a brief and correct description of this interesting portion of the Union, has been the authors chief aim, but it is believed to be sufficiently copious and explicit, for all the purposes of general reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.