The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 5M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 - Missouri |
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... four years , 258. Monthly arrival of steamboats & c . , their tonage ; wharfage , harbor fees , & c . , for two years , 259 . Commerce of Weston , Mo. Exports for the year 1850 , arrival of steamboats for 6 years , 326 . Commerce of the ...
... four years , 258. Monthly arrival of steamboats & c . , their tonage ; wharfage , harbor fees , & c . , for two years , 259 . Commerce of Weston , Mo. Exports for the year 1850 , arrival of steamboats for 6 years , 326 . Commerce of the ...
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... four great riv- ers below , make no increase in the breadth of the river . The Missouri at Boonville , 300 miles above its mouth , I found a half a mile wide . ( Vide table D. , 1 , 2. ) It appears , from these facts relating to the ...
... four great riv- ers below , make no increase in the breadth of the river . The Missouri at Boonville , 300 miles above its mouth , I found a half a mile wide . ( Vide table D. , 1 , 2. ) It appears , from these facts relating to the ...
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... four inches below high water . Low water marks have a much greater range ; the lowest mark of 1844 being seven feet above the lowest known . 14. The median line or curve of rise and fall for thirty years , 1817 to 1847 , reaches an ...
... four inches below high water . Low water marks have a much greater range ; the lowest mark of 1844 being seven feet above the lowest known . 14. The median line or curve of rise and fall for thirty years , 1817 to 1847 , reaches an ...
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... four years since a cut - off was made by nature and the oystermen , 25 miles above the Balize , discharging the wa- ter into the West Bay . In July , 1849 , I measured and found the New Pass , called Wilder's Bayou , 1,500 feet wide ...
... four years since a cut - off was made by nature and the oystermen , 25 miles above the Balize , discharging the wa- ter into the West Bay . In July , 1849 , I measured and found the New Pass , called Wilder's Bayou , 1,500 feet wide ...
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... four considera- ole rapids , where the bed is rocky and the water shallow.- These will be noticed hereafter in detail . The current , from the mouth of the river to the Del Toro , is strong . With the water at a medium stage , in a ...
... four considera- ole rapids , where the bed is rocky and the water shallow.- These will be noticed hereafter in detail . The current , from the mouth of the river to the Del Toro , is strong . With the water at a medium stage , in a ...
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