Geographic Influences in American History

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... INDEX Adirondacks, view in, 9. Agriculture, Department of, 338-347-Alaska, purchase of, 315. Albany and Troy, 30. Albemarle Sound, 71, 176. Alderman, E. A., cited, 190. "Allegheny Mountains " not real mountains, 78. Allegheny valley, Pa., 93. Allentown, Pa., 77. Amsterdam, N.Y., 31. Animal Industry, Bureau of, 339. Appalachian valley, 77; the greater, 86. Appalachians, 70-104; physical description of, 76-86; people of southern, 102; continuity of conditions in, 103. Arid lands, 230-253. Arizona, irrigation in, 248. Ashland, 138. Astor, John Jacob, 159, 303. Astoria, 303, 304. Atlanta, 103; growth of, 192, 193; exposition at, 195. Atlantic border of United States, 70-72, 173. Augusta, Me., 52. Austin, Stephen, and settlement of Texas, 187. Bad Lands, 234. Baltimore and Ohio railway, 25. Baltimore, reason for growth of, 76. Bar Harbor, view of, 63. Beaufort, S.C., 72. Bellows Falls, Vt., water-power at, 52. Berkshires, 37, 61. Bethlehem, Pa., 77. Biological Survey, 341. Birmingham, 193-198. Blue-grass region, 100-102,153; in Civil War, 206. Blue Mountain, 77. Blue Ridge, 72, 78, 83, 84. Bonneville, Captain, exploration oi, 277. 333-Boone, Daniel, 99, 100, 146, 159, 160, 165. Boston bay, geographic features of, 54. Boston Harbor, islands of, 44. Botany, Division of, 340. Bowling Green, Ky., 209, 210. Bragg, General, at Chattanooga, 221. Breed's Hill, 62. Bret Harte referred to, 264. Bryant, W. C, and the Hudson, 35; the Columbia, 304. Bruce, P. A., cited, 320. Bryce, James, cited, 322, 323. Buffalo, 31, 128, 130. Building stones in New England, 46, 64. Bunker Hill, 62. Burroughs, John, 35. Buzzards Bay, 56. Cadillac, founding of Detroit, 131. Cairo in the Civil War, 208. California, 289-302; Death Val-ley in, 289; Golden Gate, 289; Great valley of, 289; Uni-...