"Eastern united states" Quotes from Famous Books
... writer was requested by the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology to prepare certain papers on aboriginal art, to accompany the final report of Dr. Cyrus Thomas on his explorations of mounds and other ancient remains in eastern United States. These papers were to treat of those arts represented most fully by relics recovered in the field explored. They included studies of the art of pottery, of the textile art and of art in shell, and a paper on native tobacco pipes. Three of ... — Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States • William Henry Holmes
... eastern United States from Kansas and the Carolina mountains to Canada, travelling south of ... — Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
... from the first; leafstalk compressed; buds glutinous. A tall tree, 80 to 120 ft. high; spire-like, of rapid growth, with all the branches erect; the trunk twisted and deeply furrowed. Frequently planted a century ago, but now quite rare in the eastern United States. From Europe. It is thought to be a variety of Populus ... — Trees of the Northern United States - Their Study, Description and Determination • Austin C. Apgar |