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The states and territories of the great West . their geography, history, resources ... comprising their local history, institutions, and laws. Giving a table of distances, and the most direct routes ... also, pointing out the best districts for agricultural, commercial, lumbering, and mining operations. /

Main Author:	Ferris, Jacob.
Format:	Microfilm
Language:	English
Published:	New York [etc.] : Buffalo : Miller, Orton, and Mulligan ; E.F. Beadle, 1856.
Physical Description:	352 pages : illustrations, plates, frontispiece (folded map) plates. ; 20 cm.
Subjects:	Mississippi River Valley. Northwest, Old. West (U.S.)

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