The city is a distributing point for the neighbouring mining region.
It is a distributing point for the Clearfield coal region to the northward.
Jacksonville is the most important distributing centre in Florida, and is a port of entry.
Open hostilities were interrupted for a few years by the Peace of Ryswick and for a longer period by the Peace of Utrecht (1713), but French priests continued to dwell among the Iroquois, teaching them and distributing presents, and of the success of this diplomacy the English were ever in danger.
It is also an important distributing centre for neighbouring districts.
