 Starved Rock, near the foot of the rapids of the Illinois, is a perpendicular mass of lime and sand stone washed by the current at its base, and elevated 150 feet. The diameter of its surface is about 100 feet, with a slope extending to the adjoining...  The History of Peru - Halaman 160oleh Henry S. Beebe - 1858 - 162 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | John Mason Peck - 1837 - 352 halaman
...contains about ten sections of laud. Starved Rock, near the foot of the rapids, and on the right bank of the Illinois, is a perpendicular mass of lime and...stone washed by the current at its base, and elevated 150 feet. The diameter of its surface is about 100 feet, with a slope extending to the adjoining bluff... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck - 1850 - 820 halaman
...and other bands from the north, and though once numerous, they were greatly reduced by their enemies. Starved Rock, near the foot of the rapids of the Illinois,...stone washed by the current at its base, and elevated 150 feet. The diameter of its surface is about 100 feet, with a slope extending to the adjoining bluff... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - 1852 - 826 halaman
...the north, and though once numerous, they were greatly reduced by their enemies. Starved Rock,near the foot of the rapids of the Illinois, is a perpendicular mass of lime and sandstone washed by the current at its base, and elevated 150 feet. The diameter of its surface is... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1869 - 272 halaman
...portion of the state, coursing, with its numerous tributaries, through most of the central counties. Starved Rock, near the foot of the rapids of the Illinois, is a perpendicular mass of lime and sandstone, washed by the current at its base, and rising to an elevation of one hundred and fifty feet.... | |
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