Harpers Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations Prepared Expressly for This Work

Harpers Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations Prepared Expressly for This Work PDF

Author: Harper &. Brothers

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780526239740

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Harpers¿ Introductory Geography

Harpers¿ Introductory Geography PDF

Author: Harper & Brothers

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781230118475

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...that were situated near the ocean or some other large body of water, such as a sea, lake, or navigable river. Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, is an example of the way in which railroads are building up large cities. Instead of water-ways, it has railways branching from it in every direction, and by means of these it carries on an immense business. Dayton, in Ohio; Fort Wayne and Terre Haute Ter-rehote, in Indiana; and Bloomington, in Illinois, are also important railroad centres--that is, places where several railroads meet. Productions.--This group of states, as we have already learned, has a good climate and a fertile soil. So a large number of the people who live here are engaged in farming. It has vast forests, too, which abound in valu60 NORTH AMERICA: NORTH CENTRAL STATES.--HISTORY, SURFACE, ETC. able timber. So a great many of the inhabitants are engaged in lumbering. What are the chief productions? Wheat, corn, wool, and live-stock--that is, cattle, sheep, and horses--are the staples of the fertile prairie lands, and immense quanti WASH1NG AND SHEARING SHEEP. ties are produced. Ohio is famous for its large crops of wool, Illinois for its wheat and corn, and Michigan for its fruit and lumber. Wisconsin produces abundantly both wheat and lumber, and Indiana raises fine crops of all the staples of the region. The mines of these states yield great quantities of valuable metals and of coal. Ohio has beds of iron and coal; Indiana and Illinois, of coal; Wisconsin, of lead and iron; and Michigan, of copper, iron, and coal. Manufactures.--Of the wheat that is raised in this group of states a great deal is made into flour; so there are many flour-mills here. The hogs must be put into convenient forms to be carried to market; so there...

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