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Title: The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Cumings, Samuel Ross, Charles Derek Klinefelter, John
Subjects: Inland navigation
Publisher: Cincinnati : George Conclin
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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site ora little below the foot of the island, then wear gradually into themiddle of the river, then gradually into the right hand bend,—runthe right hand bend out and cross in to the left hand bend oppositeIrish Jimmys bar, run this left hand bend out to a rock point on theleft; then take the middle of the river for two and a half miles and youwill find yourself between two bars, one in the bend on your right, andone on the point on your left, the channel runs in to the right shore un-der the foot of the right hand bar and a quarter of a mile above the falsepoint on the right, or under a cabin on the hill, or at a large rock inthe edge of the water, keep near the right shore down past Grand Pierre Creek, right side. And so on down near the same shore past the head of Golconda. orFirst Sister Island. Birections for Map No. 19.—Ohio River.Golconda, or First Sister Island, Stands near the middle of the river, channel to the right, and near the 15 904 18 922 925 \ #. ^^ \v^ Gcloondai.
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70 MA? NO. 19.-^HI0 RIVER, right shore until opposite the foot, there it is nearest the foot of theisland and rather nearest the left shore opposite GOLCONDA, right side Nearly a mile below the island, is Golconda, the seat of justice forPope county, Illnois, just below it. There is a good landing immedi-ately below the mouth of the creek, at the upper part of the town ;but take care of the rocks near the right shore, just above the creek.There is a low bar on the right, opposite the lower part of the town,which throws the channel out to near the middle of the river, then in-cline towards the right shore again. When a little below Golconda ware over a liwJe to the right, but keeprather nearest to the bar on the left above the Second Sister Island This island lies near the middle of the river, channel to the right of it.When nearly opposite the head of the island go in within 100 yardsof the right shore, towards a small clearing and a house standing backfrom the river a small distance,

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