George T. Ferris

This book has short articles by the folks who were at the forefront of thier fields when this was written. Most of the information is still good, and there are hundreds of beautiful pen and ink illustrations of fossils, animals, meteorites and plant specimens. This book was among my favorites as a child.

title page:
Our Native Land: or, Glances at American Scenery and Places, with Sketches of Life and Adventure.
With Three Hundred and Thirty-Six Illustrations on Wood, and One Fine Steel-Plate Engraving after Durand.
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Beautiful cover, many illustrations of dramatic landscapes.

Sections include: The Canyons of the Colorado, The Hudson River, Scenery of the Pacific Railways - Part I Omaha to Ogden, Scenery of the show more Pacific Railways - Part II Ogden to San Francisco, A Glimpse of the Far Northwest {Washington Territory}, The Yellowstone Valley, Sketches of Indian Life, Scenes in Nevada and Oregon, Summer Haunts by the Sea, Our Inland Pleasure-Palaces, The Great Lakes, The Mountains of the North, The Mountains of the South, The Land of Orange-Groves, Colorado, The Yosemite, The Lowlands of the South, The Ohio and Upper Missouri, The Metropolis and Its Eastern Sisters, Our Natural Resources.
Appendix includes Statistics of Population and Area (1870 & 1880 census) show less

336 line illustrations/etchings by unknown artist(s).