| Book | Save | 1 | Title: | View of the valley of the Mississippi: or, the emigrant's and traveller's guide to the West ; containing a general description of that entire country ; and also, notices of the soil, productions, rivers, and other channels of intercourse and trade ; and likewise of the cities and towns, progress of education, &c. of each state and territory
| | | Creator: | Baird, Robert, 1798-1863 | | | Publication: | H.S. Tanner, Philadelphia,1832. | | | Notes: | Binder's title: Emigrant's and traveller's guide through the valley of the Mississippi. Introduction, p. [iii]-ix, dated and signed: Philadelphia, September 1832. R. B. Though today generally attributed to Robert Baird, this work has also been attributed to Richard, or Robert Bache. "A list of maps, charts, and geographical works, recently published and for sale by H.S. Tanner, geographer & map publisher ...": 10 p. at end. | | | Call #: | F25J B163V | | | Extent: | xii, 341 p., [15] p. of plates : maps (some fold., some col.) ; 19 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 2 | Title: | Recollections of the last ten years in the valley of the Mississippi
| | | Creator: | Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 | | | | Flint, James, 1779-1855 | | | | Brooks, George R., 1929- | | | Publication: | Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale,[1968] | | | Notes: | This edition follows the 1826 original, being a series of letters to the Rev. James Flint. Bibliography: p. [331]-337. | | | Call #: | F25J F625 1968 | | | Extent: | xxiv, 343 p. illus., map (on lining papers) 22 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 3 | Title: | Highways and byways of the Mississippi Valley
| | | Creator: | Johnson, Clifton, 1865- | | | | Johnson, Clifton, 1865- | | | Publication: | The Macmillan company; [etc., etc.], New York,1906 [1913] | | | Notes: | Partly reprinted from various periodicals. | | | Call #: | F25J J66 1913 | | | Extent: | xiii, 250, 250a-250b, 251-287 p. incl. front. plates. 20 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 4 | Title: | The mighty Mississippi
| | | Creator: | Keating, Bern. | | | | Stanfield, James L. | | | | National Geographic Society (U.S.) Special Publications Division. | | | Publication: | National Geographic Society, Washington,[1971] | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. | | | Call #: | F25J K25M | | | Extent: | 199 p. col. illus., col. maps, ports. (part col.) 27 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 5 | Title: | The Western journals of Dr. George Hunter, 1796-1805
| | | Creator: | Hunter, George, 1755-1824 | | | | McDermott, John Francis, 1902- | | | | American Philosophical Society | | | Publication: | American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia,1963. | | | Notes: | Bibliography: p. 125-127. | | | Call #: | F25J H945 | | | Extent: | 133 p. maps, facsims. 30 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 7 | Title: | On the origin of the prairies of the valley of the Mississippi
| | | Creator: | Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 | | | Publication: | n.p,1864] | | | Notes: | Caption title. Cover title: On the prairies of the Mississippi valley. Reprinted from the American journal of science and arts, 2d. ser., v.38. Bibliographical foot-notes. | | | Call #: | F25J W759 | | | Extent: | 16 p. 23cm. | | | Subjects: | Prairies | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 9 | Title: | Riparian lands of the Mississippi River, past--present--prospective: being a collection of essays and discussions of problems affecting the improvement of navigation of the Mississippi River, bank protection, harbor improvement, its levee system and the permanent deepening of the channel at its mouth, together with some legal aspects and economic features, by various contributors; also a brief review of the attractions of, and the possibilities of development in, the largest alluvial basin in the world
| | | Creator: | Tompkins, Frank H. | | | Publication: | A. L. Swift & co.], Chicago,c1901. | | | Notes: | A folded map takes the place of p. 217-224. | | | Call #: | F25X T66 | | | Extent: | 216, 225-640 p. incl. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. 31 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River
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Book | Save | 10 | Title: | The western gazetteer; or emigrant's directory: containing a geographical description of the western states and territories, viz. the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee [!] and Mississippi: and the territories of Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Michigan, and North-Western. With an Appendix, containing sketches of some of the western counties of New-York, Pennsylvania and Virginia; a description of the great northern lakes; Indian annuities, and directions to emigrants
| | | Creator: | Brown, Samuel R., 1775-1817 | | | Publication: | Printed by H.C. Southwick, Auburn, N.Y,1817. | | | Call #: | F25J B879W1 | | | Extent: | vi, [7]-360 p. 22 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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Book | Save | 11 | Title: | An epoch in Missouri history: being a facsimile of a brochure printed in Lexington, Kentucky in the year 1796 with a twentieth century view of it
| | | Creator: | Delassus Deluziáeres, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806. | | | | Dugan, Frances Lathrop Smith, 1903- | | | | Bull, Jacqueline, 1911-1987 | | | Publication: | s.n.], Lexington, Ky,1958. | | | Notes: | Cover title. Caption title of original reads: An official account of the situation, soil, produce, &c of that part of Louisiana, which lies between the mouth of the Missouri and New Madrid, or L'anse a la Grais, and on the west side of the Mississippi. Together with an abstract of the Spanish government, &c. The original is signed on p. 7: Delassus Deluzieres. "Sources consulted": [6] (2d group). | | | Call #: | F26J D339E | | | Extent: | 8 p., [6] p. ; 22 cm. | | | Subjects: | Louisiana -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 12 | Title: | Journal of a tour in unsettled parts of North America in 1796 & 1797
| | | Creator: | Baily, Francis, 1774-1844 | | | | Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William)Sir, 1792-1871 | | | | De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871 | | | Publication: | Baily Bros, London,1856. | | | Notes: | First edition. Howes, U. S.iana, B40. Edited by A. De Morgan. "Memoir of Francis Baily, by Sir John Hershel": p. 1-74. "List of Mr. Francis Baily's Publications": p. 61-69. | | | Call #: | E164 B161 | | | Extent: | xii, 439 p. ; 24 cm. | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 13 | Title: | The valley of the Mississippi
| | | Creator: | Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 | | | | Thomas, Lewis Foulk, 1808-1868 | | | Publication: | Pub. by the artist, printed by Chambers and Knapp, St. Louis, Mo,1841. | | | Notes: | Engr. t.-p., with vignette. "Published monthly in numbers each number containing four views." | | | Call #: | F25J W668 1841 | | | Extent: | vi, [7]-145 p. plates (1 fold.) 28 cm. | | | Subjects: | Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 17 | Title: | The western gazetteer; or, emigrant's directory: containing a geographical description of the western states and territories, viz. the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi: and the territories of Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Michigan, and North-Western
| | | Creator: | Brown, Samuel R., 1775-1817 | | | Publication: | Printed by H. C. Southwick, Auburn, N.Y,1817. | | | Notes: | Sabin 8558. | | | Call #: | F25J B879W | | | Extent: | 352 p. 22 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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Book | Save | 19 | Title: | Mâemoires historiques sur la Louisiane: contenant ce qui y est arrivâe de plus mâemorable depuis l'annâee 1687. jusqu'áa prâesent; avec l'âetablissement de la colonie franøcoise dans cette province de l'Amâerique Septentrionale sous la direction de la Compagnie des Indes; le climat, la natur & les productions de ce pays; l'origine & la religion des sauvages qui l'habitent; leurs moeurs & leurs coutumes, &c
| | | Creator: | Dumont de Montignylieutenant | | | | Le Mascrier, Jean Baptiste, 1697-1760 | | | Publication: | C. J. B. Bauche, Paris,1753. | | | Notes: | Edited by J.B.Le Mascrier. cf. Quâerard, Les supercheries littâeraires dâevoilâees, 1853, t. 5. | | | Call #: | F26DA D893 | | | Extent: | 2 v. illus. maps. 20cm. | | | Subjects: | Louisiana -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Louisiana -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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Book | Save | 20 | Title: | A description of the English province of Carolana: by the Spaniards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane : as also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Mississippi, the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent : together with an account of the commodities of the growth and production of the said province : and a preface, containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements there
| | | Creator: | Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739 | | | Publication: | Churchill and Harris printers, Saint Louis,1840. | | | Notes: | Saint Louis imprint immediately preceded by imprint of original ed.: London : Printed for B. Crowse [sic], at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church Yard. MDCCXXII. | | | Call #: | F25J C879D3 | | | Extent: | vi, 90 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm. | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Southern States -- Description and travel | Great Lakes -- Description and travel
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