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...Hall, and the finest park in the United States is the Fairmount Park. There is the United States mint and a navy yard. Pittsburg, population 238,473, is a large manufacturing city, and is a place of large foreign and domestic commerce. On account of its many factories the city has a smoky appearance. It contains a number of rolling mills, cotton mills, foundries, machine shops, furnaces, locomotive works, breweries etc. Alleghany, a beautiful city, is connected with it; population 104,967. Reading, population 58,926, is an important railroad center and has many important factories. Scranton, population 83,450, is a large manufacturing and commercial place. Erie, population 39,699, on Lake Erie has shipping and manufacturing interests. Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, Lancaster population 39,090, Norristown, Allentown, Williamsport, Chester, York, Pottsville, Easton, Titusville and many other important cities and towns are in the State. There are sections of the country where the people speak only German, although their ancestors came to this country many years ago; they are called Dunkers. Their German is not pure however and is greatly mixed with English words. MARYLAND. ("Oriole State"). Area: 12,210 square miles. Population: 1,000,000. The surface of Maryland is gradually rising from the coast to the Alleghany Mountains. The Chesapeake Bay divides the State into two peninsulas; it contains many islands. The chief rivers are the Potomac, Potapsco, Susquehanna and Patuxent. Its minerals are coal, iron, copper, granite, marl etc. There are vast forests which contain excellent timber. The soil consists of a sandy loam which must be fertilized if any crops are to be raised; the bottomlands are very fertile. |
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