port, but it is now a fine city, and its manufactures are varied and extensive. Milwaukee is a great grain market, and so is Toledo.
The city of Milwaukee, at the mouth of the Milwaukee river.—Notice the "whale-back" steamer on the right, the lake steamer and the grain elevator and brewery in the background.
Duluth and Superior ship grain, and are the ports of rich copper and iron districts.
On the Mississippi are Minneapolis and St. Paul in the center of the wheat and lumber districts. Minneapolis is the largest flour and lumber market in the country. These two cities are built near the Falls of St. Anthony. These falls furnish water power for mills.
Near the Western Border, convenient to the cattle ranches, and in the center of the farming district, are Kansas City, which is largely engaged in shipping beef and pork, and Omaha, which is also engaged in this business.
Cadillac Square and public buildings in the city of Detroit.
In the Interior of these states there are many fine cities surrounded by a rich country and extensively engaged in manufacture. Columbus, Indianapolis, Peoria, Topeka, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Dayton, and St. Joseph are among these cities.
For Recitation.— What are the principal articles manufactured in the Central states? Describe the commerce of the Central states. How are the products of these states sent to other parts of the country? What is said of Chicago? What is said of St. Louis? What great cities are on the Ohio? Name the great lake-ports. Name other important cities. In what state is each of these cities found?
The "Soo" canal, through which ships pass the falls of the St, Mary's river, between Lakes Superior and Huron. Find the lock and the gate. See the falls of the river under the railroad bridge. The falls are called the Sault (Soo) Sainte Marie, a French name for the leap or waterfall of St. Mary's. The canal and the city lake the name of the falls.
