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Mark Twain's Mississippi

Sketch of an escarpment along the Potomac River that exhibits an arched limestone bed.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University
Sketch of an escarpment on Will's Mountain that exhibits an arched limestone bed.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University
A Natural Obelisk of Sandstone on the Big Prairie.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University
1846 Map of Featherstonhaugh's return trip across the United States.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University, A Map of the United States and the adjacent British Provinces. Compiled for the Travels of G. W. Featherstonhaugh F.R.S.
Sketch of Braddock's Field.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University
1846 Map of the South and South-Eastern United States.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W.A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor; with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners; &c. &c. &c. Volume 1.. London: Richard Bentley, 1847., Northern Illinois University, A Map of the United States and the adjacent British Provinces. Compiled for the Travels of G. W. Featherstonhaugh F.R.S.
A Summer in The Wilderness; Embracing A Canoe Voyage up The Mississippi and Around Lake Superior
Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Aurora University
The West: Its Commerce and Navigation
Northern Illinois University
Fire Department, 1849
Shewey, Arista C. Shewey's Pictorial St. Louis: Past and Present. St. Louis: Arista C. Shewey, 1892., St. Louis Mercantile Library
St. Louis Great Fire
Copyright by Currier & Ives, The St. Louis Fire of 1849 was a devastating fire that occurred on May 17, 1849 and destroyed a significant part of St. Louis, Missouri and many of the steamboats using the Mississippi River and Missouri River.
Map of the North-Western States including Minnesota and the Copper Region of Lake Superior
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Map of the Southern and South-Western States
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Plan of New Orleans
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Commerce in New Orleans on the Mississipi River
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Mobile
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Plan of Charleston, S. C.
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
City of Chicago
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
Map of the Mississippi River from Falls of St. Anthony to St. Louis
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library
St. Louis, Mo.
Williams, W. Appletons' Southern and Western Travellers' Guide. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849., Newberry Library