The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Date |
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... miles into the undulating lands and plains of Central and West Kentucky ; and the latter bordered at last by the fertile valleys of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers , which lie at an altitude of but three hundred feet above the ...
... miles into the undulating lands and plains of Central and West Kentucky ; and the latter bordered at last by the fertile valleys of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers , which lie at an altitude of but three hundred feet above the ...
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... miles , and of the Ohio for seven hundred . Each of the seven tributary rivers mentioned before is also navigable for a greater or less distance ; and altogether this area contains a navigable river frontage of over four thousand miles ...
... miles , and of the Ohio for seven hundred . Each of the seven tributary rivers mentioned before is also navigable for a greater or less distance ; and altogether this area contains a navigable river frontage of over four thousand miles ...
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... miles , to the mouth of a creek , where they landed and went out a mile or so to view a great salt lick , with herds of buffalo , deer , and elk dispersed over the valley . Here they fell in with Jacob Drennon , who had crossed the ...
... miles , to the mouth of a creek , where they landed and went out a mile or so to view a great salt lick , with herds of buffalo , deer , and elk dispersed over the valley . Here they fell in with Jacob Drennon , who had crossed the ...
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... miles above Frankfort , and encamped at a remarkable spring , not far east of Lawrenceburg , since known as Lillards . Hunting and sur- veying at intervals , they discovered Salt river , some twenty miles farther on , and near the site ...
... miles above Frankfort , and encamped at a remarkable spring , not far east of Lawrenceburg , since known as Lillards . Hunting and sur- veying at intervals , they discovered Salt river , some twenty miles farther on , and near the site ...
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... miles farther from home , she obtained the consent of her captive companion to a plan of escape . Obtaining the privilege of going to the woods for grapes , the two women managed to secure blankets , a tomahawk , and a knife . Finding ...
... miles farther from home , she obtained the consent of her captive companion to a plan of escape . Obtaining the privilege of going to the woods for grapes , the two women managed to secure blankets , a tomahawk , and a knife . Finding ...
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