The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . , the portions in Albany and Schoharie being also called theHelderbergs. The western division of this section gradually to successive terraces from the shores of Lake Ontario,till it attains its greatest elevation in the Southern tier of counties. The first of the terraces composing this ascent, extendsfrom the Genesee, near Eochester, to the Falls of Niagara and Lewislown, a distance of SO miles, and is from six to tenmiles in width. It is called the Eidge Eoad, and is s
The progress of the United States of America, from the earliest periods, geographical, statistical, and historical . , the portions in Albany and Schoharie being also called theHelderbergs. The western division of this section gradually to successive terraces from the shores of Lake Ontario,till it attains its greatest elevation in the Southern tier of counties. The first of the terraces composing this ascent, extendsfrom the Genesee, near Eochester, to the Falls of Niagara and Lewislown, a distance of SO miles, and is from six to tenmiles in width. It is called the Eidge Eoad, and is supposed to have formed at one period the shore of Lake second terrace extends from this ridge to the falls of the Genesee at Nunda and Portageville, where there i- anotherabrupt acclivity of nearly 300 feet This surmounted, the asceni is gradual to the summit level, at the height of from 1,500to 2,000 feet in the Southern portion of Chautauque, Cattaraugus, Alleghany, and Steuben counties. These terraces, thoughall quite fertile, are each characterized by a difference of soil and of forest
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