The Centennial Northwest: An Illustrated History of the Northwest, Being a Full and Complete Civil, Political and Military History of This Great Section of the United States, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

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The Northwest will be seen to have done its fair proportion in all such works as have yet been accomplished, and some items in its history tending in these several directions, will be found duly chronicled in their proper rela tion to contemporary events. Columbus, the capital, and Cincinnati, the me tropolis, of Ohio, will find their own deeds and records standing in their proper position, surrounded by the industrial prowess and social advancement of the state which they represent. Indianapolis, the wondrous city which, since the year 1816, has won an approach to empire such as no city ever achieved in any other quarter of the globe in a century, will find that her in.

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