Mitchell's Geographical Reader; A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a Description of the World - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840. Excerpt: ... Spaniards. There are eight Protestant churches and a Roman Catholic cathedral. In the vicinity are an United States' arsenal and Jefferson barracks, extensive stone buildings with accommodations for 600 or 700 men. In 1830 it contained 5852 inhabitants, and now about 25,000. St. Charles, 20 miles above the mouth of the Missouri, and the same distance north-west from St. Louis, is a pleasant village, containing 2000 inhabitants, of whom about one-third are of French descent; it consists of one long street, on which are many handsome buildings. St. Charles was for a number of years the capital of the state. Jefferson city, on the south side of the Missouri river, and near the centre of the state, is the capital of Missouri; it contains the state-house and a penitentiary: its site is not a fortunate selection, and it has not in consequence prospered. Higher up the stream are the villages of Franklin, Boonville, Keytesville, Lexington, and Liberty. Herculaneum, 30 miles below St. Louis, is a small town, which contains numerous shot-works, and serves as one of the ports of the lead district. St. Genevieve is another old French village, built on a high alluvial bank which the river is now washing away. Cape Girardeau, situated on a high bluff in the midst of a rich district, is the dep6t of the southern part of the state. New Madrid is an inconsiderable village, on a high alluvial bank, which, like that of St. Genevieve, has been mostly carried away by the river. The village also suffered from the earthquake of 1811. STATE OF ARKANSAS. Arkansas is bounded on the north by Missouri; east by the Mississippi river, which separates it from Tennessee and the state of Mississippi; south by Louisiana, and west by the Indian territory and the northern part of Texas. Its...
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