North-American Review and Miscellaneous JournalUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1875 |
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... river Pecas in New Mexico . Out of these foot - hills spring numerous small streams , the sources of the Red , Brazos , and Colorado Rivers ; nearly all these branches having nar- row strips of good land which become broader and better ...
... river Pecas in New Mexico . Out of these foot - hills spring numerous small streams , the sources of the Red , Brazos , and Colorado Rivers ; nearly all these branches having nar- row strips of good land which become broader and better ...
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... river - bottoms are of great rich- ness . Farther west there are strips of scanty soil , less rain- fall , and , after travelling seventy miles , the land susceptible of cultivation is confined to the valleys of the small streams ...
... river - bottoms are of great rich- ness . Farther west there are strips of scanty soil , less rain- fall , and , after travelling seventy miles , the land susceptible of cultivation is confined to the valleys of the small streams ...
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... Rivers rise in the north- ern part of it , in numerous small branches , giving some narrow strips for irrigation ; but as a rule the soil is unsusceptible of agriculture and unfit for settlement . Denver City is situated near the ...
... Rivers rise in the north- ern part of it , in numerous small branches , giving some narrow strips for irrigation ; but as a rule the soil is unsusceptible of agriculture and unfit for settlement . Denver City is situated near the ...
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... river , a hundred miles across , and reaching near the branches of the Cheyenne River ( meridian of 98 ° ) , is an excellent wheat and vegetable country , scantily timbered , but by some thought to be too level for drainage . Going west ...
... river , a hundred miles across , and reaching near the branches of the Cheyenne River ( meridian of 98 ° ) , is an excellent wheat and vegetable country , scantily timbered , but by some thought to be too level for drainage . Going west ...
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... river is covered with excellent grass and the best of cottonwood timber , while that near the bluffs bears an abundant crop of wild sage . The very numerous branches of this stream , commencing with Powder River , which comes down from ...
... river is covered with excellent grass and the best of cottonwood timber , while that near the bluffs bears an abundant crop of wild sage . The very numerous branches of this stream , commencing with Powder River , which comes down from ...
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