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" River. Around us the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and fissures, between which rose the thin, lofty walls, terminated with slender minarets and... "
United States Magazine - Page 132
edited by - 1856
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents ..., Volume 4, Part 2

United States. Congress. House - United States - 900 pages
...and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some oí the springs of the Nebraska or Platte river. Around us, the whole scone had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length,...
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A Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River ...

John Charles Frémont - Botany - 1843 - 244 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers; and at the southern extremity of the ridge (he peaks were plainly visible among which were some •of the springs of...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns, •which is correctly represented in the view from the camp on Island lake. According to the barometer,...
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Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year ...

John Charles Frémont - America - 1840 - 290 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...and columns. According to the barometer, the little crest of the wall on which we stood was three thousand five hundred and seventy feet above that place,...
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Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the ..., Volume 1

John Charles Frémont - America - 1845 - 764 pages
...Missouri and Columbia rivers; and at the southern ex•remily of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns, which is correctly represented in the view from the camp on Island lake. According to the barometer,...
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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter, Volume 1

1846 - 404 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns." EDUCATION. SUNDAY-SCHOOL ADDRESSES.s I. As to the MATTER. What ought a Sunday-school address to be...
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Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year ...

John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 200 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers; and at the southern extremity of the ridge. the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...the whole scene had one main striking feature, which wu that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and fissures...
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The Recreation

Voyages and travels - 1847 - 382 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. THE CATARACTS OP THE PLATTE. WE ascended the rocks to reconnoitre the ground, and from the summit the...
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Curiosities [afterw.] Romance of modern travel

1847 - 356 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. . . . Having made what observations our means afforded, we proceeded to descend. We had accomplished...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 3; Volume 53

Geology - 1847 - 484 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible among which were some of the springs of the...or Platte river. Around us, the whole scene had one prevailing feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split...
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Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains ...

John Charles Frémont - California - 1849 - 478 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the...and columns. According to the barometer, the little crest of the wall on which we stood was three thousand five hundred and seventy feet above that place,...
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