Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 321
places. AGRICULTURAL WEALTH With transportation provided to eastern marketscame the era of agricultural and commercial develop-ment. Farming was the basic industry and is even yetthe basis of the states prosperity. In spite of her rela-tively small area, Ohio stands among the half-dozenleading… … y > o g id II c s-s sisi E (310) Ohio and Western Expansion 311 fertility. The glaciers of the Ice Age, in their ponder-ous forward movement, smoothed off the rugged fea-tures. They carried masses of alluvium, which weredeposited by the melting of the ice to form the broadterraces of rich soil…
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