The Western Pilot Containing Charts Of The Ohio River And Of The Mississippi From The Mouth Of The Missouri To The Gulf Of Mexico Accompanied With Directions For Navigating The Same And A Gazetteer Or Description Of The Town On Their Banks Tributary

Author : Samuel Cumings
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ISBN 13 : 9781332038268
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book The Western Pilot written by Samuel Cumings and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Western Pilot: Containing Charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi From the Mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, Accompanied With Directions for Navigating the Same, and a Gazetteer, or Description of the Town on Their Banks, Tributary The city of Pittsburgh stands upon the delta or point, formed by the junction of the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers. The Alleghany rises in the northern part of the state of Pennsylvania, passes through a part of the state of New York, and winding its way back through the western part of Pennsylvania, it receives the waters of several considerable streams; among which are Connewongo, French Creek, Mahoning, and Kiskiminitas, and unites with the Monongahela at Pittsburgh. The country on the Alleghany is much of it broken, sterile, and not well calculated for agriculture; but it contains inexhaustible supplies of the finest lumber, from which the immense country below is more or less supplied. It is supposed, that nearly thirty million feet of plank and boards, from the noble pine forests on its head waters, have of late annually descended the Alleghany in rafts. Its current is rapid, and of sufficient depth to be navigated by keel boats. It has been ascended, in times of high water, by steam boats. It is about four hundred yards wide at its mouth. The Monongahela has its origin near Morgantown, in Virginia. Its principal tributary is the Youghiogeny. From the confluence of these two streams, the river becomes broad and navigable, and flows in a north-west course to Pittsburgh, where it is four hundred yards wide. The country on this river is rich and well settled; and is celebrated for its whisky, flour, and fruit orchards. Large quantities of the finest whisky, cider, and apples, are every year sent down the river, for the supply of the country below. It is also noted for its iron and manufactures. In good stages of water, the river is beatable one hundred miles above Pittsburgh. The banks are often bold and high bluffs; and the country is rich, picturesque, and beautiful. Brownsville, formerly called Red Stone, situated on the east bank of the Monongahela, at the mouth of Dunlap's creek, thirty-five miles above Pittsburgh, contains about one thousand inhabitants. Bridgeport, on the opposite side of the creek, is connected with Brownsville by a bridge, and contains about seven hundred inhabitants. The union of these two mighty streams, at Pittsburgh, forms the majestic Ohio, which is here more than six hundred yards wide. Pittsburgh, which lies in the form of a triangle, between the two rivers above described, occupies the alluvial plain, and part of the adjacent hills. A more eligible site for a city could hardly be selected. It is high and healthy, surrounded by verdant and romantic hills, the Alleghany rolling down its stores from the north, and the Monongahela from the south, and the broad Ohio commencing its devious course to the west. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.