Historic Towns of the Western States

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Various. Historic Towns of the Western States

Historic Towns of the Western States

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

MARIETTA. THE PLYMOUTH OF THE WEST

CLEVELAND. THE PLEASANT CITY

CINCINNATI. ALWAYS A STRATEGIC POINT

DETROIT. THE QUEEN CITY

MACKINAC "THE HOME OF THE GIANT FAIRIES"

INDIANAPOLIS. THE HOOSIER CAPITAL

VINCENNES. THE KEY TO THE NORTHWEST

CHICAGO. LARGE IN EVERY WAY

MADISON. THE CITY OF THE FOUR LAKES

MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL. THE TWIN CITIES

DES MOINES. IOWA'S CAPITAL CITY

ST. LOUIS "THE FUTURE GREAT"

KANSAS CITY. THE CENTRAL CITY

OMAHA. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL GATEWAY

DENVER. THE QUEEN CITY OF THE PLAINS

SANTA FÉ. THE CITY OF THE HOLY FAITH

SALT LAKE CITY. THE DESERT THAT HAS BLOSSOMED AS THE ROSE

SPOKANE. THE CITY OF THE INLAND EMPIRE

PORTLAND. THE METROPOLIS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

SAN FRANCISCO. BY THE WEST GATE OF THE WORLD

MONTEREY. CIUDAD DE AYER Y DE HOY

LOS ANGELES. THE CITY OF THE ANGELS

INDEX

Footnote

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Published by Good Press, 2021

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No seer was needed to foreshadow the success the Marietta colony was to have. Two years before its coming, the character of the colony was presaged when there met in Boston, at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, whose gilded sign creaked temptingly in her high salt winds, a convention called by General Rufus Putnam and General Benjamin Tupper for the formation of the Ohio Company, with the purpose of founding a new State in the territory northwest of the Ohio River. The Company was composed of high-minded men, largely officers in the late war. In their petition to Congress for the purchase of western land they stipulated, for its organization, law and order, provision for education and for the maintenance of religion and the total exclusion of slavery. For these compacts, some of the greatest statesmen in the young Republic brought to bear the power of their genius; for these, the quiet Ipswich clergyman, Manasseh Cutler, as agent of the Ohio Company, pleaded with matchless eloquence in Congress; for these, Rufus Putnam, the "Father and Founder of Ohio," gave the largess of his ability and rugged force.

"An interlude in Congress," says Mr. Bancroft, "was shaping the character and destiny of the United States of America. Sublime and humane and eventful as was the result, it will not take many words to show how it was brought about. For a time wisdom and peace and justice dwelt among men, and the great Ordinance which alone could give continuance to the Union came in serenity and stillness. Every man that had a share in it seemed to be moved by an Invisible Hand to do just what was wanted of him; all that was wrongfully undertaken fell by the wayside; whatever was needed for the happy completion of the work arrived opportunely and at the right moment moved into its place."

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