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. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... Index A Adventure Galley, Ohio Company's boat christened the, 170 Allegheny River, width of, at Pitts- burg (1750), 32 Allen, James Lane, quoted, 157 AUequtppe, early whistle blown on the, 349 American Cyclopedia, cited, 29o Amity, schooner, mentioned, 246, *47 Animals, Ohio forest, 72-75 Antoinette, ...
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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. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... Index A Adventure Galley, Ohio Company's boat christened the, 170 Allegheny River, width of, at Pitts- burg (1750), 32 Allen, James Lane, quoted, 157 AUequtppe, early whistle blown on the, 349 American Cyclopedia, cited, 29o Amity, schooner, mentioned, 246, *47 Animals, Ohio forest, 72-75 Antoinette, Marie, Marietta, O., named from, 170 Armstrong, Ensign, drives squat- ters out of Northwest Territory, 165 Ashe, Thomas, Ohio River in 1806 described by, 250-261 At water, Caleb, Tour, cited, 320 Audubon, barge sailing described by, 238 B Backus, owner of Blennerhassett Island, 284 Baker, engineer on New Orleans, 331 Barker, Col. Jos., builds Blenner- hassett's house 286; builds Blen- nerhassett's flotilla, 300, 302 Barlow, Joel, agent for Scioto Company, 264 Barr, Samuel, early Pittsburg cler- gyman, 105 Barrier, Caspar, Greenbrier pio- neer, 59 Bayard, Stephen, mentioned, 235 Beaujeu, Capt., leads force against Braddock, 50 Bedford, Dr., early Pittsburg phy- sician, 105 Belleville, W. Va., mentioned, 6; description of early journey from Wheeling to, by land, 159-160 Bells, statistics concerning steam- boat, 354 Ben Sherrod, account of the burning of the, 345-348 Benham, Capt. Robert, sufferings of, 126 Berthoud, James, firm founded by, 246 Beverages, names for fancy, 224 Beverly, Col. William, at Treaty of Lancaster, 29 Birds, Ohio forest, 75-77 "Black forest of America," The, outlined, 69 Blennerhassett, Harman, early life, 281-283; purchases an
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Publisher:
G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
Published:
1906
Alibris ID:
10744245198
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Very Good. Hardcover is black with gold lettering on front and spine. B/W photo inset on front cover. Overall, pages clean and tight in stitched binding. Lavishly illustrated with 92 b/w photographs and one, full color five page map of the Ohio River, stitched into binding. Some of the sections are: where France and England meet; one of the vanguard of the pioneers; the Ohio in the revolution; reign of the rowdy and outlaw; from Pittsburg to Lousiville in 1806; Blennerhassett Island; when the steamboat was king; the workshop of the world; index; 5 pages after the fold out map, each one with details of another river/locale, published by Putnam's. Overweight; 5#.; Map & B&W Illustrations; 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 2 /34; xiv, 378+ pages; Hardcover has shelf wear, rubbing, bumping, fading on spine, sunning on sides of text block, slight fraying on corners, dimmed gilt on top edge; tissue at frontispiece is pulled away from spine by 1", weakening gutters; fold out map has creasing in center of bottom edge and some sunning at top----neither flaws reaches into the map itself.
