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Library of Congress1855

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake

At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 165 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1855

From the valley of the Mud Lakes to the Pacific Ocean

At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 4. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps ... to Illustrate the Various Reports ... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 168 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

General map of the United States & their territory between the Mississippi & the Pacific Ocean. 1. Showing the different surveyed routes from the Mississippi valley to the coast of Pacific Ocean, 2. the new established & proposed Post Routes, 3. the recently discovered gold, silver, and copper region in Kansas, Nebraska and Arizona

Gold mines are indicated in yellow and silver mines in blue. Indicates post routes, "old trail," finished and unfinished railroads, and the proposed state of "Colona."

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Library of Congress1856

Map of the Catawissa, Williamsport & Erie Rail Road; showing its connection with the north and west by the Williamsport and Elmira Rail Road, & its connection with Philada. & New York by the Reading & Lehigh Valley R. Rd

Map of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia north to the New York boundary and west to Williamsport. Shows county boundaries, drainage, coal field, important cities, and the existing and proposed railroads. Chartered in 1835 as the Little Schuylkill and Susequehanna Railroad.

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Library of Congress1852

Map and profile of the Sunbury route Susqua. Rail Road from the terminus of York & Cumberland Railway to Williamsport Pennsa. showing its connection with the great southern anthracite coal fields; 1st by the Dauphin & Susqa. Rail Road, 2d by the Lykins Valley Rail Road, 3d by the Treverton Rail Road, 4th by the Shamokin Rail Road, surveyed by Geo. P. Worcester, Civ. Engr. and the Williamsport and Elmira Route surveyed under the directions of Maj. Hartman Bache Topog. Engr. U.S.A., by Geo. P. Worcester Civ. Engr. for Balto. & Susqua. R.R.

Map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing the railroad network, cities, towns, railroad stations, canals, and coal fields.

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 24, 1907

AT VALLEY EORGE Dedication of Memorial Tablet to Maine Soldiers Valley Forge Pa Oct 17 In i the presence of a large assemblage of men prominent in Maine and Pennsyl t vania a monument to the memories of soldiers from the State of Maine who were at Valley Forge in the winter of 17771778 wasunveiled this afternoon at the historic camp George E Fellows president of the Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presided at the exercises Governor Cobb of Maine presented the monument to the Valley Forge Park commission and it was accepted by W H Sayen a member of the com mission Gov Cobb spoke as follows Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen The whole country owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who justly proud of their ancestry have done so much to perpetuate the deeds and memories of those who participat ed in the struggle for independence and constitutional liberty in America A definite motive inspired the great commonwealth upon whose soil we stand today and whose guests in a sense we are to set aside to care for and to consecrate forever to a reverent patriotism this hallowed and historic

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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 23, 1904

CONCERNING CALIFORNIA OBSERVATIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS RESIDENCE IN THE GOLDEN STATE To the Editor of The Journal Your reporter wished me to give him an interview as a representative from California I am very sorry that my time is so limited I cannot do so but I have been so warmly received by the old friends of fifty years ago and their descendants that I cannot refrain from sending you this communication hop ing it may be of some interest to your numerous readers California has an extent of nearly ten degrees from north to south and as it extends from N W to S E its length is about SOO miles with an average width of 225 miles Its productions climate and scenery are more varied than on the Atlantic side of the continent You will notice in the very heart of this great State the Sacramento Valley drained by the Sac ramento river from the north and the San Joaquin river from the south This valley is more than 400 miles long and fifty miles wide and comprises 12SOO OOP acres It is enclosed on the north by the Siskiyou mountains on the east by the Sierra Nevada

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Library of Congress1946

Image 3 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), January 31, 1946

Seasonal Needs In Hardware TT Alfadin Lamps and Accessories Bath Room Scales r yj I t J9F k Universal I i I I 1 Food Choppers Kitchen Canister Sets 4pieces 125 NOW is the time to get all of those jobs around home finished before 1 spring brings on other problems Paint that Cupboard chair with or FULLER PAINTS and VARNISHES 1 îjij I L Incubator Dairy and Houeshold Thermometers Electric Ranges Water Heaters Now Available I u o i y FOOD COVERS Just received a shipment of Household SHEARS of all sizes from 50c up en Spatulas KOOTENAI MERCANTILE COMPANY EUREKA NEWS Tobacco Valley Grange 1 jl e Tobacco Valley Grange open ed luesday night January 22 with the singing of God Bless America Sister Alverson gave the supper report of the free dance given Jan uary 12 Sister Jean Johnson appointed her committee of home economics for the ensuing year namely Elsie Helms Mary Quirk Rachael Helms Ruby Stevens and Elizabeth Roe Each was assigned her duties for the year gave a hint on caring for small boys trousers she dyes them When cords fad She alwavs runs them through the wrine nronerv creasedShe dLTayed a samole of

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Library of Congress1896

Image 12 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 7, 1896

JUST A GLIMPSE Of the Early Editorial Writers of Kennebec Valley Storng Characters That Left a Deep Impress Upon Those Who Came Within the Sphere of Their Pow erful Influence Head before the Kennebec Historical Society To give this subject the range ami fulness of detail that it merits would be to furnish material for a good sized volume I shall therefore undertake at this time merely to touch briefly upon the more salient characteristics of a small group of men whose names are prominently identified with the earlier newspaper history of Central Maine and who exerted a power for progress that will extend far beyond the narrow limits of their own day and generation I shall also consider only the work of those writers who attained distinction in the newspaper work of the Kennebec valley prior to the Civil war and shall not undertake to pre serve any chronological order In the very nature of things the best work of the editorial writer is largely of an impersonal character and he so frequently sees the children of his brain adopted and reared as the natural off spring of others that the experience has nothing of novelty for him It

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