History of Illinois

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Excerpt from History of Illinois: To Accompany an Historical Map of the StateTwo large valleys extend into the innermost centre of a continent, and a broad platean of fertile soil intervenes between them. This is Illinois - a connecting link and portage ground from one of them to the other. Had it been an arid waste or an impregnable mountain uplift, it would have been a barrier - a separatrix between them but, in the economy of N ature, the national interests of Illinois are inseparably connected with those of both.From its first discovery, the physical geography of this country attracted the attention of the French, and their early occupation of it shows the importance they attached to it. Three nations have contended for possession of it - Spain, France and England, but a new nation possesses it by right of manifest destiny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.