Illinois River, 47, 53, 93 Imports, value of, 302 Increase in population of our great cities, 299 Iron industry, 171, 172, 214, 233 Jackson, Andrew, 246 Jefferson, Thomas, 89 Key, Francis Scott, 169 Kingsbury, James, 138 Kinzie, John, 43 Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, 215 Largest cities in the world, 299 Lawrence, 121 Lee, Robert E., 294 Lewis and Clark expedition, 90 Louisiana Purchase, 89, 245 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 96 Lowell, 121 Lumber, 57, 100, 217, 257 Lynn, 119 Madison, 98 Manhattan, 4, 11 McCall Ferry dam, 163 McKeesport, 173 McKinley, William, 224 Mexican War, 227 Mints, 81, 82, 237 Minuit, Peter, 5 Mississippi River, 47, 89, 91, 96, 97, 171, 245, 248, 249 Missouri River, 90, 93 Mohawk River, 207, 209 Monongahela River, 171, 172, 182 Morris, Robert, 75 Mt. Vernon, 267, 294 Natural gas, 151, 181, 185, 213 New Amsterdam, 6, 14 New Bedford, 121 New Orleans, 171, 245-264 early history, 245 in the War of 1812, 246 in the Civil War, 247 building the city, 249 the French quarter, 251, 252 the American quarter, 251, 255 important lumber market, 257 important cotton market, 258, 261 Gulf port, 261 second export port in America, 261 exports, 261 important sugar market, 257, 261 Mardi Gras, 263 New York, 3-40 settlement of, 4 surrendered to English, 7 named, 8 capital city, 9 harbor, 9, 36 becomes Greater New York, 11 boroughs, 11 nation's chief market place, 32 imports, 32 exports, 32 nation's greatest workshop, 32 industries, 32 Niagara Falls, 213, 224 Niagara River, 190, 191, 209, 212, 219, 224 Oakland, 240 Ohio Canal, 140 Ohio River, 93, 137, 139, 140, 171, 172 Ore, 56, 142, 214 Packing industry, 59, 61, 101, 217, 233 Panama Canal, 233, 242 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 242 Pan-American Exposition, 224 Patapsco River, 168 Penn, William, 67, 74, 75, 76 Perry, Oliver Hazard, 192 Petroleum, 180, 213, 257 Philadelphia, 67-88, 167 settlement of, 67 manufacturing city, 69 commercial center, 70 industries, 70 United States mint, 81 Continental Congress, 84, 85 Declaration of Independence signed at, 85 capital of the nation, 87 Pitt, William, 171 Pittsburgh, 148, 171-188 workshop of the world, 171 named, 171 trade center, 172 manufacturing city, 172 center of steel industry, 173 industries, 173 Pittsburgh district, 173 mines, 175, 177 petroleum, 180 natural gas, 181 Pontiac's conspiracy, 192 Population of our great cities, 299 Potomac River, 267, 272, 292 Pullman, 62 Puritans, 105 Quakers, 67