Nelson Family Juvenilia
Box 1 Folder 20
Gazetter [sic] of the World - n.d.

[Title Page] Gazetter of the World

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INDEX

Subject…… Page
Alderton…… 4
Birch Valley…… 2
Briarwood…… 4
Brushwood…… 7
Cape Colony…… 8
Checkerberry Land…… 10
Cherrydale…… 11
Chipewa…… 13
Coast Colony…… 14
Elm…… 17
Ferndale…… 21
Ferndale…… 23
Grandrapids…… 24
Grassington…… 26
Hulkton…… 31
Mapleton…… 33
New Poplington…… 34
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Poplington…… 41
Rockburn…… 46
Rock Island…… 48
Sand Island…… 49
Trappers Land…… 51
Twin Pass…… 54
Willows…… 55

MAPS

Big Continent . 57
Long “ . 58
Round “ . 59
Forest “ . 60
Sand Island . 61
Rock “ . 62

STATISTICS . 63

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PREFACE

The author has endevored to give in as few words as possible and still have it plain, the historical and geographical facts about the different places of which he writes. He also gives biographical sketches of some of the people that live in these lands, their occupation and thriftiness. This book contains many pictures which help to show to the readers the lands through which they pass in their reading.

EDITOR

[Page break] GAZETTER OF THE WORLD

ALDERTON

ROUND C. Alderton was the last to be settled of the two divisions of Round Continent +. It has no large cities but has several small ones, mostly manufacturing. (+This is a mistake. Colony City is in it.) The wild cherry grows here in abundance so that during the fall many parties of young folks go out on a cherry picnic and gather several bushels

THE PEOPLE. The people are a sturdy race and mostly farmers some of them are quite wealthy but for the most part they are just well to do farmers with one in a while a poor one there are also a good many trappers and hunters rather more of them than of the farmers. There are not many rich ones among these for there are too many of them here

SCENERY. There is not much really pretty scenery in Alderton owing to its flatness. The prettiest of the scenery is Fork River, this is a wide deep River starting in Alderton and flowing northward into Cherry Lake, keeps on till it stops in the sea there are a few elevators but none of any mention. In some places the forests are very tangled [page break] with a wild vine that grows there.

BIRCH VALLEY

UNITED DIVISIONS, F.C. Birch Valley was first discovered by William Little and Burt Green during about the only battle that they had between themselves. William was driving Burt so Burt headed straight to the eastward and after three or four days hard sailing came in sight of land he supposed he had gone around the world and has struck on the west coast of Big Continent but instead of that it was a new continent and Birch Valley was the first to be populated, first Farmington spring up composed mostly of farmers who gathered in a village to protect themselves from the Indians then other cities sprung up. A piece of land on the west coast was sold to Big Continent and received the name of Twin Pass. Then a piece of land was granted to a small party under the leadership of a man by the name of George Washington. These people were of a slightly different race from those then inhabiting this continent. Since then no [page break] land has been given or sold to any party outside of Burt Greens and William Littles nationality.

SURFACE. The surface of Birch Valley is mountainous except a small strip on the eastern coast which is level but swampy. The everglades are situated in this section and cover many square miles. People have occasionally got lost in these swamps and never returned. The soil is mostly rather clayey though on the western side it is quite sandy.

PEOPLE. The people are mostly trappers of a healthy nature. There are but few farmers, the most being at Farmington.

SCENERY. The scenery of Birch Valley is grand giving some very fine mountain views there

[Illustration of a house at Mountain City]

Also Paradise Lake affords some lovely scenery. This little lake is situated about two hundred miles east of Farmington at the foot of a very steep mountain on the other side it is a gentle slope to-

[Page break] [Illustration of Paradise Lake]

-wards the sea. There are no rivers of any size.

BRIARWOOD

BIG CONTINENT. Briarwood includes nearly a third of all Big Continent. It is about 90,000 miles long by the same in width at its widest place. Portions of it were discovered by Clumfield and others. There have been but a few battles fought in Briarwood.

SURFACE. The surface is level in places and mountainous in others. Along the western coast is a long line of mountains only broken by the Great River. On the east coast is Nelson Mountain and the end of Coast Range Mountains. Between these is a vast fertile plain with here and there a hill, lake or river. Briarwood is notted [noted] for its immense amounts of blackberries that are picked

[Illustration of Great River Bridge]

[Page break] that are picked each year, hundreds of quarts are picked each year of the largest best black berries ever seen in the world.

PEOPLE. The Big Continenters are a vigorous and enterprising people. There are a good many farmers also merchants, shipbuilders, etc.

SCENERY. The scenery is very

[Illustration of Great Cave]

Beautiful in some places in Briarwood. Among the larger lakes in Briarwood is, first, Great Lake a very large sheet of water on the west coast only several hundred miles inland contains three or four large island on these are several summer

[Illustration of an island on Great Lake]

Houses. Second is Newfound Lake a lake that was discovered about twenty years ago. This is so far north that it is not much visited by summer visitors and abounds in fish and wild game, Third is Spectacle Late situated on the west side of the Coast Range Mts. and connected to the sea by a large river called the Great River over which the great bridge is put which is the largest in the world and fourth is Three Corner Lake situated within a few miles of the sea, This is quite a beautiful lake. Briarwood has more lakes than any other division of the same size. Another curiosity is the great cave beneath Nelson Mountain. This has

[Map of Great Cave, denoting Tight Pass, Round Lake, Great Room, Far of[f] Lake, Grand Lake, Shoe Alley, and Little Pond]

Many passages and small lakes, guids are always ready to show people around this cave.

CITIES. The principal cities are Nelson City, Point City and some other smaller ones.

[Page break] MINES. The chief mines are of coal which are situated on Long Mts.

BRUSHWOOD

LONG CONTINENT. Brushwood is a division on the very southern end of Long Continent mostly covered with brush and trees. There is no city and but few inhabitants the most of these being trappers.

SURFACE. The surface is flat sloping towards the sea. It has but very few hills and is quite swampy in places.

PEOPLE. The people are trappers who live by hunting and trapping and as a consequence are very healthy and strong. There are a few farmers but not

[Illustration of a Hunter’s Cabin]

But a few. These do not make much of a living but still enough so that they do not starve. The trappers of Brushwood have had several calls for volunteers to the army and [page break] always respond with a large number.

CAPE COLONY

FOREST CONTINENT. Cape Colony belongs to Big Continent and was not settled till some thirty years ago but since then it has increased rapidly in population though now it is not very thickly settled.

[Illustration of Forest Dell]

Cape Colony is mostly covered with woods except where cleared for farming and for villages. The forests abound in

[Illustration of mouth of Blue River]

Deer, moose, bear, and other wild game while for bearing animals inhabit the rivers.

SURFACE. The surface is rather uneven as it lies at the foot of the Trappers Mountains and has some mountains of [page break] its own, but along the sea it is quite level.

PEOPLE. The inhabitants are mostly immigrants from Coast Colony and New Poplington though

[Illustration of the Distant Mountains]
A few are from Big Continent, but not but a few, the people are engaged [in] fishing for the most part as the land is not very productive and fish plenty. Many fish are annually caught here by the people and sold to the inhabitants of the United Divisions.

SCENERY. The mountain scenery is grand. The mountains can be seen towering to a

[Illustration of some of the coast]

Great height in the distance, the coast scenery is rugged and broken but is also very picturesque.

[Page break] CHECKERBERRY LAND

FOREST CONTINENT. Years after that Forest Continent was discovered, these people came and settled on a portion of the continent not inhabited at that time and set up a little republic of their own. And as they seemed peaceable they were not disturbed. Here they have lived tilling the soil some and doing a good deal of fancy work.

SURFACE. The surface of Checkerberry Land is quite flat, and sloped a little towards the sea. It has but few hills and no mountains. It is mostly forest clad except where some farmer has cleared it for his use. It is most noted for the checkerberry or wintergreen plant which grows there and for the Checkerberry soda

[Illustration of a Soda Factory]

Which is manufactured from it.

PEOPLE. The people are said to be the prettiest in the world, and [page break] are tall and muscular.

BOUNDARY. North by Ferndale. East by Trappers Land, South by Grandrapids and west by the Black Ocean.

[Illustration of a checkerberry field]

CHERRYDALE

ROUND CONTINENT. Cherrydale is the least of the two divisions of Round Continent. It contains a portion of the Fork River. It[s] chief article of export is wild cherried which grow here in great abound and when they are ripe the boys and girls go out in parties and gather them by the bushel. They then are kept for their own use or are sold to some store for groceries. They are then sent of[f] to more distant markets.

[Illustration of the Coast]

[Page break] PEOPLE. The people are mostly trappers. There are but a few farmers in this part of Round Continent, though there are a few towards the northern border. As a consequence furs are low here and traders from Big Continent come here and buy furs of[f] the people at a price that they get rich on when they get back to their country.

SURFACE. The surface of Cherrydale has but few elevations and there are nothing but hills. Some places along the coast are bordered by hills that might almost be called mountains but not quite.

[Illustration of scenery near mouth of river]

SCENERY. The coast scenery of Sheerydale is quite grand as the coasts are deeply indented by bays, strips of land often running far out into the sea. Then the scenery of that part of Fork River which is in Cherrydale. Steamers are seen [page break] plowing their way from port to port.

CHIPEWA

FOREST CONTINENT. Chipewa is inhabited by a nation of new origin. Long after that Forest Continent was discovered a nation landed on its shores and as a grant of land of the president. It was granted and the[y] took a strip of land on the west coast. It was entirely covered with forests of spruce, hemlock, fir, maple, and many other trees. Chipewa is especially noted for the oak forest which it has. These are the only oaks in the world to any extent. The nation settled down and soon had cleared considerable land and built up a city or two.

[Illustration of a landscape]

SURFACE. The surface is level with an occasional hill and slopes slightly towards the sea. It is covered mostly with forest yet and may never become wholly settled. [Page break] The soil is good and some first crops are raised here. The soil is rather sandy and dry but will raise good crops for all that.

PEOPLE. The people are mostly industrious farmers, have good farms and plenty to eat. There is still room for more farmers in Chipewa as the land is

[Illustration of a Great Oak]

Not all taken up yet

SCENERY. The scenery is nothing very great except in some places. Georgetown is quite an important little place and quite pretty. The sea coast

[Illustration of Scene on Coast]

In some places is also pretty

COAST COLONY

FOREST CONTINENT. Coast Colony is a large division belonging to Big Continent. [Page break] It was bought by that country sometime after that the Continent was settled. It is situated on the east coast of the Continent next to the south bend of the coast. It has several cities and villages but is mostly covered with forest.

SURFACE. The surface is mostly level as all the

[Illustration of Lily Lake]

Countries along the coast are with once in a while a hill. A low ridge of mountains or hills run through the east part of it while to the

[Illustration of White River]

West of them is a vast basin through which flows the white river. There is also a small lake on this river besides one on one of the islands of the sea.

[Page break] PEOPLE. The people are descendants from Big Continent and have their thrift and enterprise. They are wealthy and are mostly farmers, though there are some ship builders along the coast

SCENERY. The scenery is very pretty along the river and lakes besides many pretty country views. Yellow fields of grain with the green field and woods for a background made a pretty picture for an artist.

There are several cities on Coast Colony the largest of which Fairydell which is the largest city and capital. Then there is Winterville a seaport belonging to the United Division. There was another city belonging to this country but it was bought by Coast Colony some time ago.

[Illustration of a Saw Mill]

[Page break] ELM

FOREST CONTINENT. This is one of the United Division and is mostly the home of the trapper there are several lakes and rivers which are the haunts of the deer, moose, bear, beaver, and many other wild animals and are eagerly hunted after by the hunters and trappers of this

[Illustration of a Beaver Dam]

Region, and they make a good sum every year as firs are high

[Illustration of Scene by Lakeside]

And but few are got except on Forest Continent along the Trappers Mountains. Elm is slowly becoming more settled though it will be years before it becomes very thoroughly settled. Elm is not divided by a small strip of land [page break] owned by New Poplington called Willows but the government has decided to sell no more land to foreign nations so that Elm will be the same here after

[Illustration of A Hunter’s Camp]

SURFACE. The surface is mostly mountainous with but a few lowlands. The long range of the Trappers Mountains extends the whole length of this division and stops off on one side to Coast and Cape Colonies and on the other side to New Poplington except on the southern end where where it slopes clear to the sea. Along the Eastern and Southern coasts there is a narrow strip of level land but it is but little cultivated as

[Illustration of a clearing]

yet.

PEOPLE. The people are a race of hardy pioneers and are descendants from the first colonists that set foot on this desolate shore they mostly take to trapping and hunting as a business though some are farmers. Most of the parsnips raised in the world are grown near the Prison, a large city in the central part of Elm. Many of the best firs in the world are caught around the large lakes in the southern part of Elm. There are several cities in this part of the Division.

MINES. The principal mine of Elm is the coal mine at Prison a few years ago it was worked a good deal but is not being worked so vigorously now. The mine extends way back under the mountain for about a mile. It is the largest coal mine on the continent though the one at Allenstown is about as big.

[Illustration of The Mine]

[Page break] SCENERY. The scenery of Elm is extremely varied including the wild mountain scenery and that of the lowlands. About the prettiest scenery is in Hazleton around the lakes. These lakes are, Big Wolf, Little Wolf and one or two other smaller ones. The largest of these lakes is about

[Illustration of North side of Big Wolf Lake]

Twenty miles by ten broad and has but very few islands in it, on the north side of the lake the mountains tower up to a great height and nearly overhang the lakes. Fish of all kinds abound in the lakes while beaver, otter, mink and muskrat live in its banks. Deer, bear, lynx, panther, and many other wild animals haunt the mountains and afford a

[Illustration of Mountains above lake]

Good living for numbers of hunters. The scenery along the sea coast is quite good but the shores are for the most part low and sandy. They are a little precipitous on the western shore of Hazleton.

FERNDALE

LONG CONTINENT. This is in the central part of the continent between Rockburn and Hulkton. It is not as much settled as some other parts and if anything is more open. There is one great summer resort on Ferndale near the center and is called the Picnic Ground.

[Illustration of a road near Picnic Ground]

The chief occupations in Ferndale are farming and hunting and trapping. Farming in summer and hunting and trapping in winter game abounds in the forests

[Illustration of a cascade]

SURFACE. The surface is level forest covered plains with only an occasional hill on small elevation. But it is mostly a great forest covered plain dotted here and there with the clearing of the farmer or hunter with its cabin [page break]. In the northern part is the plains where are located the great world renown picnic grounds where the World Exposition has been held once or twice. To the south are the forests of cherry and maple while among them all is the dropping green fern which helped in the naming of this division.

PEOPLE. The people are the same as inhabit all Long and Round Continent and part of Forest. They are a rugged race tilling their land and living well on both farm and forest products. Some of the occupations are bracket and other small trinket making, writers, farmers, hunters, and many others. There are not very many rich people but they are all well off

SCENERY. There is not much to be seen except long wastes of forest with an occasional cleared town and the great level Picnic Grounds and the sea shores. The latter is

[Illustration of a pretty bay]

About the only thing of interest. The land is cut in to by small bays and coves [page break] forming fine retreats for fish of all kinds. The shores are rather rocky as a general rule.

FERNDALE

FOREST CONTINENT. This land was formally a part of Trappers land but was granted to the Fern Islanders a few years ago. These had lived on Long Continent but getting sick of their situation, they asked for a grant on Forest Continent and have lived there since.

SURFACE. The surface is mostly level. Ferndale lies at the foot of the lofty Trappers Mountains and stretches from their foot over sandy, forest covered plains to the seacoast. The forests are mostly those of birch, cherry, and evergreen trees such as hemlock and fir with an occasional spruce. The ground is covered in most place where it

[Illustration of a cultivated district]

Is not cultivated with the checkerberry plant which is used a good deal in making tea

[Page break] PEOPLE. The people are of good size [and] as a general rule good looking. They are as a most part engaged in farming and manufacturing these are carried on to quite an extent

[Illustration of a forest]

SCENERY. The scenery is nothing grand but is pretty for all that large cultivated fields and lofty open forests the ground of which is covered with checkerberry plants and other forest plants

GRANDRAPIDS

FOREST CONTINENT. About a hundred years after the discovery of Forest the Rock Islanders got discontented with their homes on Mountain Island and as there was not room on Rock Island they sought a home on the new and but little settles Forest Continent. They took a boat and set out and soon arrived at their new home here the[y] built themselves [page break] cabins to live in then began their labors on the ground.

SURFACE. Grand rapids has a level but rather rolling surface, covered

[Illustration of a coast scene]

Mostly with forests of birch or cherry with some fir and spruce. The surface is but little broken by hills. The coasts are very regular and slightly curving. Grandrapids lies between Ferndale and Twin Pass on the North and South and Elm and the ocean on the West and East.

PEOPLE. The people are of rather a warlike disposition, but industrious tilling their farms and raising good crops but like most places owned by them. It is not very thickly populated.

[Illustration of a birch forest]

[Page break] GRASSINGTON

BIG CONTINENT. Grassington is the chief division of Big Continent. It was on the west coast of Grassington that Clumfield landed after fleeing from his foes across the ocean. It was here that David Blug was hung for his bad government of the colonies. It was in the mountains of Grassington that the first city was founded by several sick soldiers who could not stand it to march over the mountain to the plains beyond, on the plains the company that succeeded in crossing the mountains encountered the Indians and defeated them. On the plains of Grassington the second city was founded by these same bold explorers. This city is not the capitol of Grassington. It was in Grassington

[Illustration of Clumfield’s boat]

[Page break] thar the great Presidents George Allen and his son Ethan were born.

[Illustration of Allen’s explorer]

It was from Bay Point that George Allen set out with his ships to explore the arctic regions. The great battle of Granite Hill was fought in Grassington near Bay Point in which the Long and Round Continenters were routed front and flank. In Grassington are the greatest cities and the most manufacturies. There is no division in the world of so much importance as Grassington.

[Illustration of Mt. Allen]

SURFACE. Along the west coast of Grassington runs the Long Mountains, a high and unaccessible mountain [in] places. Abounding in deer and other forest animals. [Page break] The central part of Grassington is a vast plain stretching from Poplington to Briarwood and from the Long Mts. to the Coast Range. These prairies were once inhabited by large herds of buffalo who roamed the plains and served as meat for the roam-

[Illustration of Peak Ethan]

-ing Indians. Next comes the Coast Range Mts.

[Illustration of Granite Hill]

A much lower range than the Long Mts. The road from Happy City to Picnic City runs over these Mts. These mountains run the whole length of Grassington and into the divisions of each side. Beyond these mountains lies a narrow strip of fertile land. In this strip lies [page break] the cities of Picnic and Coast Range No. 2 in Grassington and one or two others in the other divisions.

MINES. The chief mines of Grassington are in the mountains. These consist of coal, gold, and iron besides some minor ores. There is a large mine of coal to the west of Happy City and other smaller mines in the Long and Coast Range Mts.

PEOPLE. The people are a driving race, they are the most noted for the ships that are annually built here. A good deal of manufacturing is also done here, the people are also engaged in some farming.

[Illustration of a scene at Bay Point]

The great presidents of Big Continent have all been born in Grassington. The very thrift of the country is proof of the driving nature of its inhabitants.

[Page break] SCENERY. The scenery of Grassington is very grand and beautiful. In the Long Mts are many peaks of great height and grandure--among them are Mt. Allen (27000 ft) and Peak Ethan (22000 ft)

[Illustration of forest trees]

These two are the tallest and most grand peaks of Grassington. The coast scenery is very beautiful also as it is broken by many bays and rivers. Bay Point has very fine scenery as it extents out into the ocean many miles from

[Illustration of Muskrat River] this ships and steamboats of all discriptions can be seen going too and fro.

CITIES. The principle cities are Picnic, the Capitol, Happy, Mountain, and Coast Range No. 2

[Page break] HULKTON

LONG CONTINENT. This is the chief division of Long Continent as it contains the Capitol and largest river. It was at Hulkton that the first discovery was made, and history has it that the explorers sailed up Escape River and after going someways stopped, on or more of their number then got off, but while ashore they wounded a panther which chased them to the river bank and if it had not been for the boat near would have devoured them from this incident the river received its name Escape River.

[Illustration of explorers on Escape R]

SURFACE, The surface is rather rough but there are no high hills or mountains. The land gradually slopes towards the middle of the continent where it forms a sort of [page break] plateau which extends through all the divisions except Brushwood. The soil is mostly good but is little cultivated, it being mostly covered by forest.

[Illustration of a scene on Billey R]

PEOPLE. The people are of the rugged trapper origin, all hardy and given more or less to trapping, hunting and fishing. They do some farming and manufacturing.

[Illustration of Long Continent trappers]

CITIES. The capitol of the whole continent is Little City and is located in Hulkton beside of a small lake called Little Lake. This is the principle city but there are some smaller ones. Little City is noted for the books published there

[Page break] MAPLETON

FOREST CONTINENT. This country was settled by William Strong and a small company of people from Long Continent when they settled here. They founded a colony of their own, and not being molested by and of the governments around it, this little government has kept seperate from the rest in respect to government.

SURFACE. The surface of Mapleton is mostly level like most of the other land to the east [west?] of the Trappers Mountains. It slopes a little to the South, especially the eastern part.

[Illustration of William Strong’s store]

PEOPLE. The people are great farmers, and do as much farming as any nation for the size of their country but as the land is not of the best, their products are not as large and nice as those of other places. Many of the people of Mapleton go to warmer countries during the winter and come back to till their land during summer.

[Illustration of a farm]

Checkerberry City is the principle city of Mapleton, in fact it is about the only city in Mapleton. William Strong has a large store here at Mapleton, a large wholesale supply store besides being a retail store. Wm Strong also owns many other houses and mills here.

NEW POPLINGTON

FOREST CONTINENT. This is the most noted division on Forest Continent. It has the largest city, the largest store, the best farms and many other things. It was first given to the Big Continenters to settle it was not then as large as it is not but many battles having [page break] been fought on its borders it has changed some. One of the first battles was one on the Northwestern border over a small tract of land covered by Hazle bushes and of no great consequence any way. It was [given?] by the New Poplingtons and became a part of that place. But a few years later, way again arose around this little place which in history is called the “Thirty Days” or “Border War.” This lasted some over a month and was the scene of a good

[Illustration of a park scene]

Deal of fighting in all parts of New Poplington, and which resulted in the retaking of this small piece of Forest Land. There have been other battled in which the New Poplingtons [page break] have taken part

SURFACE. The surface of New Poplington is quite level though there are a few hills and low mountains. Near Farmington is a small mountain on large hill, besides a few hills in Evergreen Park but nothing of

[Illustration of Point City]

Any note. The soil of New Poplington is very good. The largest corn in the world is grown in the West Coast of New Poplington. About the only strawberries grown

[Illustration of W.R. Nelsons Seed House, Allenstown]

In the world are grown at Farmingtown, while immense quantities of grass is grown on the Great Common east of Allens- [page break] town.

PEOPLE. The people are

[Illustration of a New Poplington farm scene]

Of the old Big Continent stock. Sturdy and enterprising. None but they could have built up New Poplington to such a height in so few years. City after city has gone up by their hands. The forest land has been cleared and now we see large farms yielding up big crops of corn and grass where once only the giant forest trees stood what will stop a sturdy Big Continenter, neither the sterile soil nor the billowy sea. Out of the rocks of the field they make for themselves dwellings and the waves of the sea become only a road unto them, From the very soil they build themselves up cities, they shall con[qu]or the world [page break] some day.

NOTED THINGS. The most noted place or thing of New Poplington is Allenstown but as that will come under the head of Cities I will not speak of it now. Next comes the Evergreen Park which covers many square miles of forest land. The park is stocked with deer and some other wild game which is only hunted by the people when it becomes over stocked and then not for only a very short time. This park is covered with fir and spruce. It contains several picnic grounds with are supplied with seats and swings and fenced off to keep out all wild animals which roam through the park.

[Illustration of Allenstown]

CITIES. The principle cities of New Poplington are Allenstown, Farm- [page break] ton and Point City beside smaller ones. Allenstown is the Capitol of New Poplington and the largest city on Forest Continent here is situated the great Allenstown store the largest store in the world and W.R. Nelsons seed farm is situated but a few miles to the east of Allenstown

[Illustration of a line steamer]

The streets of Allenstown are straight and wide and the house[s] are all of modern patterns making it a very beautiful city.

[Illustration of Allenstown Store]

Farmington comes next in size and importance. This is located on the south-east side of New Poplington, though not near the boundry. Around this city are located the great strawberry [page break] farms, which annually send off carloads of these berries to all parts of the world where they are bought at high prices this kind of fruit being

[Illustration of strawberry irrigation]

Rather scarce. This city has not grown as rapidly as Allenstown but for all of that what there is of it is as good as any other city. The next city is Point City situated on a point of New Poplington extending out into Willows but which was once Elm. On the east side of New Poplington this city is of no great consequence only as it used to be a fort on the frontier it is situated on the side of the mountain.

SCENERY. The best of the scenery is in the Evergreen Park and around Allenstown. Then come the farms of the Great Common and on [page break] the western coast.

POPLINGTON

BIG CONTINENT. Poplington is at the very southern end of Big Continent. Here several wars have been fought both with the Indians and with other countries. The principle of which are the battles of Poplington fought, first between Gen Bill Poroncho and the Long and Round Continenters in which Gen. Poncho got beaten and the second time between Ethan Allen and the Long and Round Continenters. This time the table was turned and Ethan Allen was victorious. His enemies were driven into the sea. There have been several small outbreaks of the Poplington Indians.

[Illustration of Mt. Francis]

The only tribe that is left of the many that used to inhabit this region

[Page break] SURFACE, The surface of Poplington is rough, bounded on three sides by mountains besides containing mountains with in on the west running nearly to the southern end are the Long Mts. whose peaks tower above the clouds. On the east and south are the Coast Range Mts.

[Illustration of a scene on Nelson River]

In the interior are many lakes. The largest of which is Grand Lake about 6000 miles long and 3000 wide then come the Couple Lakes which are about 7500 miles long and 800 wide, and Lake Ontario which is full as large. There are also several rivers the largest of which is Nelson River. This flows about 18,500 miles.

[Page break] PEOPLE. Nothing need to be said of the people for the very fact of their being Big Continenters is enough to give their character. Their occupation is chiefly that of farming and hunting.

[Illustration of the Battle of Poplington]

SCENERY. Poplington has an immense lot of most beautiful scenery. Mt. Frances is one of the great attractions. Its head towers far above the clouds and its lofty peak is always covered with snow which during summer sends many a small brook down its sides to the Couple Lakes and Nelsons River which are at its foot. The Couple Lakes lies on its northern side but of a few miles distance. They are surrounded by tall hardwood trees [page break] which are but seldom disturbed by the hand of man. Far to the north, east, and west stretched the lake till it seems to unite with the blue sky of the horizon.

[Illustration of a scene in Grand Lake]

Grand Lake has but few islands. It is really a small inland sea. The eastern coast of Poplington is rather cut and indented by many small bays. Near the southern end is a curiosity which people from all over the world come to see it is the great native wall which stretched for miles in a semicircle. This is about twenty-five feet tall by between seven and eight

[Illustration of the Great Native Wall]

[Page break] thick along the top at distances of about eighty rods are small look out houses large enough to hold two men. It is quite evident that this was built by a more enlightened race of beings the[n] the savages that now inhabit this continent but though some have made some guesses, no one [k]nows who built them or when they were done and probably no one will ever know.

MINES. The principle mines are those of gold in the Long Mts and silver in the

[Illustration of Ethan F. Allen]

Coast Range Mts which are worked to any extent. Smelting of silver is done to some extent at Coasr Range City No. 1. This city is about forth in the [page break] date of settlement but is still farther behind in population. The most of the gold and silver is taken to Picnic City and coined. The Poplington Indians now have a reservation of their own between the divisions of Poplington and Grassington and are carefully garded.

ROCKBURN

LONG CONTINENT. Rockburn is in the very Northern part of Long Continent and it[s] northern point extends far out into the cold Arctic Ocean where none but polar bears and seal can stand it through the dark winters.

[Illustration of Rock Mountains]

Rockburn is mostly inhabited by trappers and seal fishers, the most hardy of all people. The southern part of Rockburn is considerably [page break] warmer than the Northern part and vegetables can be grown here a little but there is but little farming done.

SURFACE. The surface of Rockburn is rather rough. It has one or two mts the principle one is Rock Mts which looks very much like a giant rock heap. The trees

[Illustration of North Troy]

Growing up between the huge hedges as we see raspberry bushes in our small stone heaps.

[Illustration of William J. Little]

PEOPLE. The people of Rockburn are descendants of the first discoverers of the Continent and as I have said, they are mostly trappers and hunters. There is no scenery of any very great [page break] beauty. Rockburn is surrounded on three sides by the oceans and on the south by Ferndale there are some mines of iron around Rock Mountain.

ROCK ISLAND

ISLAND OCEAN. Rock Island lies between Big Continent and Long Continent. It has been the seat of several wars. It has been attacked by the Big Continenters once or twice in which they were beaten. Where they first came from is not certain but from their traditions and stories it is evident that they came from the Black Archi-

[Illustration of Small City]

-pelago some time after that the continent each side of it were discovered, they got restless a few years ago and got some land on the new continent of [page break] Forest which bears the name of Grand Rapids mentioned farther back

SURFACE. The surface of Rock Island is rough, uneven, and unproductive. It is really the top of an ocean mountain raised a little above the ocean level

PEOPLE. The people are industrious but a little warlike, their industry is mostly confined to agriculture, as there is no water power for manufactories and the foreign markets are quite a ways off

SAND ISLAND

Sand Island was discovered by Rock Islanders and is peopled by them. It lies to the South of Forest Continent between the three great oceans, the Antarctic on the

[Illustration of a melon patch]

[Page break] South, the Island on the West and the Black on the East, As the name implies it is a vast sand bar of quite a round roem, though not very fertile yet it produces quite crops, here the largest quant[it]ies of beans are raised of any place in the world, watermelons is also a paying crop here as here is about the only place that this delicious vegetable is raised, in a ride across the island, acre of beans or watermelons can be seen along the road or in the distance.

[Illustration of Ray Village]

The island is but thinly populated so the farms are not crowded nor all the land cultivated

SURFACE. The surface is uneven, broken by low rocky hills and sand [page break] drifts. There is scarcely any wood upon the island the only wood being on the west coast. There is no scenery to speak of, rough sandy lands stretch away on one hand and the wide ocean on the other hardly ever disturbed by craft of any kind

PEOPLE. The people are emigrants from Rock Island and grand rapids they are industrious farmers raising considerable crops of beans and watermelons

TRAPPERS LAND

UNITED DIVISIONS. F.C. It is the most Northerly Division of Forest Continent. Trappers Land contains the noted Birch Park, visited by most of those who come to the continent on pleasure trips.

[Illustration of Trapper Mts]

{Page break] Trappers Land is thickly wooded and is full of all kinds of game from partridges and turkeys to deer and elk and panther, here is the home of the trapper and hunter, here is where most of the furs of the world come from, here is also where some of the most hardy of soldiers come from, those who can endure the most of cold and privation. Agriculture is but little carried on here as the soil is not very good

SURFACE. The surface of Trappers Land is broken by the Trappers Mts which run through it from North to South it is also broken by other smaller mountains and

[Illustration of Birch Park]

Hills. Rivers are scarce in this part of the continent [page break] though there are som[e] small ones and a few small lakes.

PEOPLE. The people are of the hardy Long and Round Continent stock made still hardier by their association with a wide and bare country. The inhabitants of Trappers Land live chiefly by their guns

[Illustration of Trapper City]

And traps, quite a share of the noted Trapper Army of Forest Continent come from Trappers Land.

CITIES. Trappers City is the largest city it is also the capitol of this division. There are several other small cities mostly on the western side along by Birch Park. Blue berries are grown in small quantities in Trappers Land and sold.

[Illustration of F.C. Central R.R.]

[Page break] TWIN PASS

F.C. Twin Pass is a country belonging to Big Continent like New Poplington and Coast Colony. To the West of it lies the Island Ocean, Chipewa on the South, Grand Rapids on the North and Birch Valley on the East. Each one owned by a different Nation, Twin pass is chiefly a military station, here is the greatest fortification on Forest Continent. The great Twin Pass bridge is here, it is nothing but an enormous trestle over which the trains from Birch Park cross in going to Georgetown, Dugout and Allenstown

[Illustration of The Great Trestle]

SURFACE. The surface is very uneven, broken by low sand hills and the Twin Mountains through which the great Twin Pass [page break] is cut, Twin Pass is but partially wooder, large forests of willow grow along the western shore ads it is a little wooded on the North and South

PEOPLE. The people are mostly of a military character, they are in-

[Illustration of Twin Pass Fort No. 4]

-dustrious and do some farming chiefly raising blackberries which grow very freely along the Western coast.

WILLOWS

F.C. Willows is a dependant of Big Continent. It lies between New Poplington and Coast Colony, Elm lies to the North and South, New Poplington is on the West and Coast Colony on the East. Willows stretches up over the Trappers Mountains and down upon the [page break] other side. The railroad runs from Point City in New Poplington to Coast Colony, here they have to use an engine made on purpose for ascending and descending the mountain, this engine is made with a tilted boiler so that it is about level

[Illustration of Greenville Sugar Refinery]

When going up or down the mountain. The greatest sugar factory is situated here in Willows it annually turns off many tons of sugar.

SURFACE. The surface is very mountainous for the Trappers Mountains pass almost through the middle running North and South

PEOPLE. The people are mostly lumbermen or hunters. They are hardy and during the spring make a good deal of maple sugar

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Map of Big Continent

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Map of Long Continent

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Map of Round Continent

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Map of Forest Continent

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Map of Sand Island

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Map of Rock Island

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STATISTICS

ALDERTON
Contains one city
Colony City the capitol also Fork River

BIRCH VALLEY
Contains 4 cities
Dugout
Mountain City
Farmington
Paradise
The Trappers Mountains and Paradise River and Paradise Lake

BRIARWOOD
Contains 5 cities
Lakeside
Seaside
Fisherman
Nelson City
Point
RIVERS
Great River
Newfound River
Spectacle River
LAKES
Great
Spectacle
Three Corner
New Found
MTS AND PEAKS
Long Mts
Mt. Nelson

CAPE COLONY
Contains one city
Forest Dell
MTS.
Ganges
RIVER
Forest & Forest Lake

[Page break] CHIPEWA
Contains one city
Georgetown

COAST COLONY
Contains one city
Fairy Dell
MTS.
Ganges
RIVER
White
LAKE
Lily

ELM
Contains 3 cities
Redville
Prison
Littleton
LAKES
Big Wolf
Little Wolf
Long
MT
Trappers
RIVER
Wolf

FERNDALE, L.C.
Contains one city
Little City
RIVER
Escape
LAKE
Little
MTS.
Sandy Mountains

GRASSINGTON
Contains 5 cities
Picnic
Happy
Coast Range No. 2
Mountain
Norfolk
[Page break] MTS AND PEAKS
Long Mts.
Coast Range Mts.
Pk. Ethan
Pk. Allen
Granite Hill
LAKE
Lake Erie
RIVERS
Dugout
Muskrat

MAPLETON
Checkerberry City

NEW POPLINGTON
Contains 4 cities
Allenstown
Farmingtown
Point City
Kellyville

POPLINGTON
Contains 2 cities
Coast Range No. 1
Lakeside
MTS AND PEAKS
Long Mts.
Coast Range
Mt. Francis
LAKES
Grand
Couple
Ontario
RIVERS
Nelson
CAPE
Southend

[Page break] ROCKBURN
Contains 2 cities
North Troy
Dunkirk
MT
Rocky Mt.
POINT
Rocky Bay

ROCK ISLAND
Contains small city

SAND ISLAND
Contain Rayville
MT
Romley Peak

TRAPPERS LAND
Contains 3 cities
Trappers City
Somerset
Stutgart
MTS
Trappers Mts.
RIVER & LAKE
Trappers R. + L

TWIN PASS
Contains
Twin Pass
MTS.
Twin Mts.

WILLOWS
Contains
Greenville
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Trappers Mts.
RIVER AND LAKE
Green Lake
White River

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THERE ARE FOUR LARGE CONTINENTS AND ONE SMALL ONE

BIG C. which is the largest and richest

LONG C. which comes next in point of discovery but which ranks third in size

ROUND C. Third in discovery and fourth in size, population, and wealth

FOREST C. Fourth in discovery though second in size, Forest Continent is inhabited by all the nations of the globe. It also contains the most cities it[s] whole number of large cities being 20

POPULAR C. Better known as Sand Island is the least in size and importance

Each one of the continents is under the control of a different nation except Forest [page break] Continent which is principly owned by Long and Round Continent with a little land owned by all the nations

OCEANS

There are five oceans.

BLACK OCEAN lies between Big and Forest continents and contains the Black Archipelago

ATLANTIC OCEAN lies between Big C. and the two continents Long and Round and contains Island Archipelago and Rock Island the home of the fourth nation of the world

ISLAND OCEAN lies between the two continents of Long and Round and Forest Continent. This contains the White Archipelago near the coast of Long Continent

ARCTIC OCEAN lies to the North of all the continents and it froze[n] the year round

ANTARCTIC OCEAN lies to the South of the continents and is not as well known as the Arctic Ocean

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