 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 1054 pages
...flood plains form collectively what is known as the alluvial region, which extends in a broad belt down the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Ouachita and its branches and the Red river to and beyond the limits of the state. Its breadth... | |
 | United States - 1914 - 804 pages
...adopted promptly, or that causes now in operation will speedily bring great distress throughout the delta of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. If they are adopted, this fertile country will prosper, and add vastly to the glory and wealth of the... | |
 | United States. Weather Bureau - Meteorology - 1897 - 652 pages
...the greatest floods, we also find that heavy rainfall over the great swamp region that extends along the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, is an important factor. Third iu importance, as a factor in producing floods, is the Upper Mississippi,... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library - Illinois - 1923 - 182 pages
...until 1677, when he again returned to France to solicit support for a project to explore and fortify the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. He raised considerable money and induced Henri de Tonti (an Italian) to join his enterprise. In his... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1923 - 182 pages
...until 1677, when he again returned to France to solicit support for a project to explore and fortify the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. He raised considerable money and induced Henri de Tonti (an Italian) to, join his enterprise. In his... | |
 | Harry L. Coles - History - 1965 - 324 pages
...1812 the southern states west of the Appalachians still had numerous Indians. The whole eastern bank of the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf was occupied by the Chickasaws and the Choctaws. The Creeks held most of present-day Alabama, and the... | |
 | Robert S. Cox - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 288 pages
...Different Countries of the Ohio, Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, with Six Maps Comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. To which is Added An Appendix . . . (Philadelphia,... | |
 | United States - 1849 - 922 pages
...Mississippi within the limits of that State. This is, in fact, the only point on the westerly side of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf of Mexico, at which the highland 'borders of the Mississippi valley present themselves at the margin'of the river.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 912 pages
...Mississippi within the limits of that State. This is, in fact, the only point on the westerly side of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf of Mexico, at which the highland borders of the Mississippi valley present themselves at the margin of the river.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 1058 pages
...flood plains form collectively what Is known as the alluvial region, which extends in a broad belt down the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Ouachita and its branches and the Red river to and beyond the limits of the state. Its breadth... | |
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Mexico, with six maps comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. 
