America (Vol. 1-6)

America (Vol. 1-6)
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The object of this work is to give the busy reader in acceptable form such a comprehensive knowledge as he would like to have, of the geography, history, picturesque attractions, peculiarities, productions and most salient features of our great country. The intention has been to make the book not only a work of reference, but a work of art and of interest as well, and it is burdened neither with too much statistics nor too intricate prolixity of description. It covers the Continent of North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Dominion and Alaska. It has been prepared mainly from notes specially taken by the author during many years of extended travel all over the United States and Canada.

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Joel Cook. America (Vol. 1-6)

America (Vol. 1-6)

Table of Contents

Volume 1

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. THE ENVIRONMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH

CHESAPEAKE BAY

THE CITY OF WASHINGTON

THE CAPITOL

THE WHITE HOUSE

ELABORATE PUBLIC BUILDINGS

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

THE SOLDIERS' HOME AND WASHINGTON MONUMENT

THE POTOMAC AND THE ALLEGHENIES

HARPER'S FERRY AND JOHN BROWN

THE GREAT FALLS AND ALEXANDRIA

WASHINGTON'S HOME AND TOMB

THE WASHINGTON RELICS

MARY, THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON

WILLIAMSBURG AND YORKTOWN

THE NATURAL BRIDGE

THE JAMES RIVER AND POWHATAN

THE INDIAN PRINCESS POCAHONTAS

SHIRLEY, BERKELEY AND WESTOVER

THE COLONY OF JAMESTOWN

THE VIRGINIAN PLANTERS

HAMPTON ROADS AND FORTRESS MONROE

NORFOLK AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD

THE EASTERN SHORE

CALVERT AND MARYLAND

THE MARYLAND CAPITAL

THE MONUMENTAL CITY

DRUID HILL AND FORT McHENRY

DEFENCE OF FORT McHENRY

II. THE GREAT THEATRE OF THE CIVIL WAR

ON TO RICHMOND

THE TWO BATTLES OF BULL RUN

FREDERICKSBURG AND THE WILDERNESS

THE CITY OF RICHMOND

McCLELLAN'S SIEGE OF RICHMOND

GRANT'S SIEGE OF RICHMOND

PIEDMONT AND THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

THE BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG

THE GREAT BATTLE

THE GETTYSBURG MONUMENTS

III. THE VALLEY OF THE DELAWARE

DELAWARE BAY

MASON AND DIXON'S LINE

WILLIAM PENN

THE QUAKER CITY

INDEPENDENCE HALL

GIRARD COLLEGE

NOTABLE PHILADELPHIA BUILDINGS

FAIRMOUNT PARK AND SUBURBS

THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER

READING AND POTTSVILLE

THE NEW JERSEY COAST RESORTS

SHACKAMAXON TO BRISTOL

OLD BURLINGTON

BORDENTOWN AND ITS MEMORIES

THE STORY OF CAMDEN AND AMBOY

THE TRENTON GRAVEL

TRENTON AND ITS BATTLE MONUMENT

PRINCETON BATTLE AND COLLEGE

MARSHALL'S WALK

THE NARROWS AND THE FORKS

BETHLEHEM AND THE MORAVIANS

MAUCH CHUNK AND COAL MINING

THE VALE OF WYOMING

THE TERMINAL MORAINE

THE DELAWARE WATER GAP

THE MINISINK

BUSHKILL TO PORT JERVIS

THE CATSKILL FLAGS

THE BATTLE OF LACKAWAXEN

THE SYLVANIA SOCIETY

ASCENDING THE LACKAWAXEN

THE HEADWATERS OF THE DELAWARE

Volume 2

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IV. CROSSING THE ALLEGHENIES

THE OLD PIKE

CHESTER AND LANCASTER VALLEYS

THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

LINCOLN'S MIDNIGHT RIDE

THE CUMBERLAND AND LEBANON VALLEYS

THE SUSQUEHANNA HEADWATERS

THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE JUNIATA

THE STANDING STONE AND SINKING SPRING

CROSSING THE MOUNTAIN TOP

GOING DOWN THE CONEMAUGH

LIGONIER AND HANNASTOWN

BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT

THE GREAT IRON CITY

COAL, COKE AND GAS

PETROLEUM

ASCENDING THE ALLEGHENY

V. VISITING THE SUNNY SOUTH

CAROLINA

WILMINGTON AND FORT FISHER

CHARLESTON AND FORT SUMTER

THE CITY OF SAVANNAH

THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

THE LAND OF FLOWERS

SOME FLORIDA PECULIARITIES

CUMBERLAND SOUND

ANCIENT ST. AUGUSTINE

THE FLORIDA EAST COAST

ASCENDING ST. JOHN'S RIVER

GOING DOWN THE OCKLAWAHA

LOWER FLORIDA AND THE SEMINOLES

WESTERN FLORIDA

THE FLORIDA GULF COAST

VI. TRAVERSING THE PRAIRIE LAND

THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

OLD TIPPECANOE

THE GREAT WEST

LAKE ERIE

THE CITY OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND TO CHICAGO

THE GREAT CITY OF THE LAKES

CHICAGO'S ADMIRABLE LOCATION

FEATURES OF CHICAGO

CHICAGO BUSINESS ENERGY

PULLMAN AND THE SLEEPING-CAR

THE CORN CROP

VII. GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST

THE GREAT LAKES

DETROIT AND MACKINAC

LAKE SUPERIOR

SAULT SAINTE MARIE TO DULUTH

THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE

ASCENDING THE MISSISSIPPI

THE FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY

THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI

THE ANCIENT LAKE AGASSIZ

DAKOTA AND MONTANA

THE AMERICAN WONDERLAND

THE MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS

THE NORRIS GEYSER BASIN

THE LOWER AND MIDDLE BASINS

THE UPPER FIREHOLE BASIN

YELLOWSTONE FALLS AND CANYON

WESTWARD THE COURSE OF EMPIRE

Volume 3

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VIII. AROUND THE HARBOR OF NEW YORK

HENDRICK HUDSON

NEW AMSTERDAM AND ITS HARBOR

ENTERING NEW YORK HARBOR

JERSEY CITY AND STATEN ISLAND

SOME NEW JERSEY TOWNS

GREATER NEW YORK

BROADWAY

SOME FAMOUS BUILDINGS

THE CITY HALL PARK

PETER COOPER AND PETER STUYVESANT

MADISON SQUARE

FIFTH AVENUE

THE VANDERBILTS

CENTRAL PARK

SPUYTEN DUYVEL AND CROTON

THE BRONX AND THE NEW PARKS

EAST RIVER AND HELL GATE

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

THE CITY OF CHURCHES

GREENWOOD CEMETERY AND PROSPECT PARK

CONEY ISLAND

IX. THE ENVIRONMENT OF LONG ISLAND SOUND

THE ISLE OF NASSAU

THE NORTHERN LONG ISLAND SHORE

ENTERING NEW ENGLAND

BRIDGEPORT, OLD STRATFORD AND MILFORD

THE CITY OF ELMS

NEW HAVEN ATTRACTIONS

OLD SAYBROOK

THE THAMES TO THE PAWCATUCK

EASTERN LONG ISLAND

THE ISLE OF MANISEES

X. ASCENDING THE HUDSON RIVER

THE HUDSON RIVER SCENERY

THE PALISADES

THE TAPPEN ZEE

THE HOME OF WASHINGTON IRVING

ENTERING THE HIGHLANDS

ANTHONY'S NOSE

WEST POINT

ARNOLD'S TREASON

OLD CRO' NEST AND THE STORM KING

THE CULPRIT FAY

NEWBURG BAY

POUGHKEEPSIE AND VASSAR

CROM ELBOW TO KINGSTON

GREAT HISTORIC ESTATES

THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS

RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE KAATERSKILL

THE DUTCH AND THE SHAKERS

THE LAND OF THE PATROONS

THE ANTI-RENT WAR

THE CITY OF ALBANY

INTERESTING BUILDINGS

THE MODERN TROY

THE DEFEAT OF BURGOYNE

SARATOGA

FORT EDWARD

BAKER'S FALLS AND GLEN'S FALLS

SOURCES OF THE HUDSON

Volume 4

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XI. A GLIMPSE OF THE BERKSHIRE HILLS

BERKSHIRE MAGNIFICENCE

WILLIAMSTOWN TO PITTSFIELD

LENOX

THE STOCKBRIDGE BOWL

STOCKBRIDGE AND ITS INDIANS

GREAT BARRINGTON

TO SALISBURY AND BEYOND

XII. THE ADIRONDACKS AND THEIR ATTENDANT LAKES

THE GREAT NORTH WOODS

LAKE GEORGE

LAKE GEORGE BATTLES AND MASSACRES

ATTACKING CARILLON

TICONDEROGA

LAKE CHAMPLAIN

CROWN POINT

THE GREEN MOUNTAINS

BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER

AUSABLE CHASM

PLATTSBURG AND ITS NAVAL BATTLE

ENTERING THE ADIRONDACKS

ADIRONDACK ATTRACTIONS

OLD JOHN BROWN OF OSAWATOMIE

LAKE PLACID TO PAUL SMITH'S

ADIRONDACK LAKES

XIII. CROSSING THE EMPIRE STATE

THE FALLS AT COHOES

THE ERIE CANAL

ASCENDING THE MOHAWK

THE LEAGUE OF THE SIX NATIONS

LITTLE FALLS AND UTICA

TRENTON FALLS

THE LAKES OF NEW YORK

THE SYRACUSE SALT-MAKERS

AUBURN, ITHACA AND CORNELL

HAVANA AND WATKINS GLENS

CANISTEO AND CHEMUNG RIVERS

THE VALLEY OF THE GENESEE

LOCKPORT, CHAUTAUQUA AND ERIE

THE CITY OF BUFFALO

NIAGARA

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF NIAGARA

APPEARANCE OF NIAGARA

GOAT ISLAND

THE RAPIDS AND THE WHIRLPOOL

NIAGARA INDUSTRIES AND BATTLES

XIV. DESCENDING THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE

THE GREAT RIVER OF CANADA

ITS VAST EXTENT AND FEATURES

THE CITY OF TORONTO

THE LAKE OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS

ALEXANDRIA BAY

SHOOTING THE RAPIDS

THE CITY OF MONTREAL

RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION OF MONTREAL

MONTREAL INSTITUTIONS

MONTREAL CHURCHES AND BUILDINGS

MONTREAL SURROUNDINGS

THE GRAND RIVER

THE DOMINION CAPITAL

MONTREAL TO QUEBEC

ORIGIN OF QUEBEC

THE FRENCH-CANADIAN MISSIONARIES

QUAINT OLD QUEBEC

THE FORTRESS OF QUEBEC

QUEBEC RELIGIOUS HOUSES

THE DUFFERIN TERRACE

LA BONNE SAINTE ANNE

THE LOWER ST. LAWRENCE

THE GRAND AND GLOOMY SAGUENAY

EXPLORING THE SAGUENAY CHASM

THE ANGLING GROUNDS OF LOWER CANADA

THE ST. LAWRENCE ESTUARY

Volume 5

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XV. THE OLD BAY STATE

EARLY EXPLORATIONS

THE OLD COLONY

THE PLYMOUTH ROCK

DUXBURY AND MILES STANDISH

CAPE COD

THE PURITAN COMPACT

APPROACHING MASSACHUSETTS BAY

THE CITY OF BOSTON

BOSTON COMMON

THE STATE HOUSE

NOTABLE BOSTON ATTRACTIONS

BOSTON DEVELOPMENT

NONATUM AND SUDBURY

CHARLESTOWN AND BUNKER HILL

CAMBRIDGE AND HARVARD

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

THE MASSACHUSETTS NORTH SHORE

SALEM AND THE WITCHES

THE MERRIMACK RIVER

THE BRIDAL OF PENNACOOK

CAPE ANN

THE LAND'S END

XVI. THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NARRAGANSETT

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

THE LAND OF THE NARRAGANSETTS

ASCENDING NARRAGANSETT BAY

ROGER WILLIAMS

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE

PROVIDENCE TO WORCESTER

MOUNT HOPE BAY

KING PHILIP

KING PHILIP'S DEATH

FALL RIVER

NEWPORT OF AQUIDNECK

NEWPORT DEVELOPMENT

NEW BEDFORD

VINEYARD SOUND

MARTHA'S VINEYARD

NANTUCKET

XVII. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AND WHITE MOUNTAINS

THE LONG TIDAL RIVER

HARTFORD

SPRINGFIELD AND THE ARMORY

THE LAND OF NONOTUCK

MOUNT HOLYOKE AND BEYOND

HANOVER TO MEMPHRAMAGOG

SOURCES OF THE CONNECTICUT

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

TO PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND

THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH

MOUNT WASHINGTON

THE GRAND MOUNTAIN VIEW

THE GLEN AND NORTH CONWAY

LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE

XVIII. GOING DOWN EAST

NEWBURYPORT TO PORTSMOUTH

THE ISLES OF SHOALS

MOUNT AGAMENTICUS TO OLD ORCHARD

PORTLAND

THE ANDROSCOGGIN

THE KENNEBEC

ANCIENT PEMAQUID

THE PENOBSCOT

PENTAGOET AND CASTINE

ASCENDING THE PENOBSCOT

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND

ENTERING THE MARITIME PROVINCES

THE CITY OF ST. JOHN

THE RIVER ST. JOHN

ANNAPOLIS AND MINAS BASINS

MINAS TO HALIFAX

THE GREAT BRITISH-AMERICAN FORTRESS

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

THE ARM OF GOLD

THE GREAT ACADIAN FORTRESS

THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS

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XIX. FROM THE OHIO TO THE GULF

THE OHIO RIVER

GOING DOWN THE OHIO

THE CITY OF CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE

LOUISVILLE TO NASHVILLE

CUMBERLAND AND TENNESSEE RIVERS

CHATTANOOGA AND ITS BATTLES

THE LAND OF THE SKY

CAROLINA AND GEORGIA

ATLANTA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD

ATLANTA TO MOBILE

MOBILE AND ITS BAY

XX. THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

THE BIG MUDDY

THE STATE OF KANSAS

THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS

DESCENDING THE MISSISSIPPI

PECULIARITIES OF THE GREAT RIVER

MEMPHIS TO VICKSBURG

NATCHEZ TO NEW ORLEANS

THE LEVEES AND THE DELTA

XXI. THE ROCKIES AND PACIFIC COAST

THE LONE STAR STATE

ARIZONA

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES AND SAN JOAQUIN

YOSEMITE VALLEY

THE ROCKIES

DENVER AND ITS SURROUNDINGS

COLORADO ATTRACTIONS

WYOMING FOSSILS

GREAT SALT LAKE

OGDEN TO SACRAMENTO

TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES

THE CANADIAN PACIFIC ROUTE

BANFF

BANFF TO VANCOUVER

BOUND TO ALASKA

THE KLONDYKE AND CAPE NOME

PUGET SOUND TO SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND CITY

THE GOLDEN GATE

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After the British invasion of Chesapeake Bay, in 1814, when they burnt the Capitol and White House at Washington, it was quickly decided that no foreign foe should be again permitted to do such a thing, and that an elaborate work should be built to defend the entrance to the bay. General Simon Bernard, one of Napoleon's noted engineers, offered his services to the United States after the downfall of the Emperor, and he was placed in charge, with the duty of constructing, at the mouth of James River, a fortification which would command the channel into that river and to the Norfolk Navy Yard, and at the same time be a base of operations against any fleet attempting to enter the bay and menace the roadstead. Bernard built in 1819, and several following years, an elaborate fortress, with a broad moat and outlying water-battery, enclosing eighty acres, the ramparts being over two miles in circumference. It was called Fortress Monroe, after the then President James Monroe, of Virginia. Out upon an artificial island, known as the Rip-raps, built upon a shoal some two miles off-shore, and in the harbor entrance, the smaller works of Fort Wool were subsequently constructed, and the two make a complete defense for the Chesapeake Bay entrance. During all the years this fortress has existed it has never had occasion to fire a gun at an enemy, but its location and strength were invaluable to the North, who held it during the Civil War. It is the seat of the Artillery School of the army. To the southward, at the waterside, are the hotels of Old Point Comfort, which is one of the favorite seaside watering-places of the South. In front is the great Hampton roadstead, usually containing fleets of wind-bound vessels and some men-of-war.

Over on the southern side of Chesapeake Bay is the Elizabeth River, in reality a tidal arm of the sea, curving around from the south to the east, and having Norfolk on its northern bank and Portsmouth opposite. The country round about is flat and low-lying, and far up the river are Gosport and the Navy Yard, the largest possessed by the United States. There are probably sixty thousand population in the three towns. The immediate surroundings are good land and mostly market gardens, but to the southward spreads the great Dismal Swamp, covering about sixteen hundred square miles, intersected by various canals, and yielding cypress, juniper and other timber. It is partly drained by the Nansemond River, on which, at the edge of the swamp, is the little town of Suffolk, whence the Jericho Run Canal leads into Lake Drummond, a body of water covering eighteen square miles and twenty-one feet above tidewater. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has woven much of the romance of this weird fastness and swamp into her tale of Dred. The Dismal Swamp Canal, twenty-two miles long, and recently enlarged and deepened, passes through it from Elizabeth River to the Pasquotank River of North Carolina, and the Albemarle Canal also connects with Currituck Sound. This big swamp was first explored by Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, in 1728, when he surveyed the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina.

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