Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of (14577480338)

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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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of its bay and outlyingisland. As early as 1753 the French landed at this point and erected a little fort,naming it Presquc Isle; it was one of a chain which was to connect the St. Lawrence,and la belle riviere, as they called the Ohio. In 1760 Presque Isle was surrendered tothe British, and soon after it was destroyed by the Indians, in that memorable year inthe history of the lake-country when nine out of the twelve posts of the white menwere captured on the same day, and their garrisons massacred. From that time thebeautiful bay was solitary until the arrival of the surveyors. The present town of Erie was incorporated as a borough in 1805. I its bayCommodore Perry built most of the vessels of his famous little fleet, having for materialonly the trees of the forest, and for plans only his own iron determination. A modernship-builder would stand aghast before such a problem : given, a forest and a bay;wanted, a fleet. But in seventy days the vessels were completed, and, whether well-
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SUPERIOR STREET, CLEVELAND, FROM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 526 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. modelled or not, they sailed away bravely from the Presque Isle harbor, fought the bat-tle of Lake Erie, and returned in triumph with a line of British ships in tow. The re-mains of Perrys flag-ship, the Lawrence, lie in the Erie harbor, and on the bank abovethe embankments of the old French Fort Presque Isle can be traced. Erie is a thrivingtown—the outlet of the iron and coal district of Western Pennsylvania; it is the prin-cipal market for bituminous coal on the lakes.