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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from The Palimpsest, Vol. 1: July to December, 1920In imagination let us picture the history of Iowa as a splendid drama enacted upon a giant stage which extends from the Father of Waters on the right to the Missouri on the left, with the Valley of the Upper Mississippi as a background.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from The Palimpsest, Vol. 3: May 1922The committee made the investigation and came to the conclusion that the bridge did constitute a material and dangerous obstruction to the naviga tion of the river but they believed that the courts have full and ample power to remedy any evil that may exist in that regard. At present they are dis inclined to recommend any action by Congress in the premises.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishe...

Excerpt from The Palimpsest, Vol. 3: May 1922The committee made the investigation and came to the conclusion that the bridge did constitute a material and dangerous obstruction to the naviga tion of the river but they believed that the courts have full and ample power to remedy any evil that may exist in that regard. At present they are dis inclined to recommend any action by Congress in the premises.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishe...

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Excerpt from Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (Or, Isle of France), The Isle of Bourbon, and the Cape of Good Hope, &C, : With Observations and Reflections Upon Nature, and MankindIn order and printed them, as a public teftimony of my acknowledgement of the good offices I had re.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an im...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Man With the Iron HandThe purpose of this book is to present in read able narrative form, yet with strict accuracy, some of the events which attended the coming of the French explorers into the Mississippi Valley, and to deal with these events as much as possible from the standpoint of the Indians whose country the white men entered. In other words, an effort has been made to place the reader in the position and environment of...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Palimpsest, Vol. 1: July to December, 1920In imagination let us picture the history of Iowa as a splendid drama enacted upon a giant stage which extends from the Father of Waters on the right to the Missouri on the left, with the Valley of the Upper Mississippi as a background.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from The Palimpsest, Vol. 1The setting down of this experience of the earlier years of Reuben and David Williams has sprung from a desire to place on record, While they may yet be told by one of the participants, the details of What has always been, in our immediate family Cir cle, an exceedingly thrilling incident of my father's boyhood days. The dates, places, and other facts of the story are historically accurate. David Williams is ...

Excerpt from George Wallace JonesThe history of beginnings in the Common wealths of the Upper Mississippi Valley would be incomplete without the story of George Wallace Jones who as Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan secured the creation of the Territory of Wisconsin, who as Delegate from that Territory in turn brought about the establishment of the Territory of Iowa, and who, together with Augustus Caesar Dodge, first represe...

Excerpt from Robert LucasThe life of Robert Lucas presents an outline of intense convictions and strong assertive action. Set in a background of pioneer conditions, it partook distinctly of the characteristic vigor and ruggedness of that great westward move ment. Robert Lucas was one who made up his mind definitely and positively, and when once convinced of the righteousness of a course of action, no power could divert him from it. His determi...