History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893Houghton Mifflin, 1924 - 598 страница For other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... RAILROAD AGE 402 XLV . LAND GRANTS AND THE WESTERN ROADS 410 XLVI . KANSAS - NEBRASKA AND THE INDIAN COUNTRY 423 XLVII . " PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST ! " 437 XLVIII . THE FRONTIER OF THE MINERAL EMPIRE 448 XLIX . THE OVERLAND ROUTE 459 L. THE ...
... RAILROAD AGE 402 XLV . LAND GRANTS AND THE WESTERN ROADS 410 XLVI . KANSAS - NEBRASKA AND THE INDIAN COUNTRY 423 XLVII . " PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST ! " 437 XLVIII . THE FRONTIER OF THE MINERAL EMPIRE 448 XLIX . THE OVERLAND ROUTE 459 L. THE ...
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... Railroad , " in Johns Hopkins University Studies , vol . xv ; Wm . B. Wilson , History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ( 1899 ) ; and of course Hulbert , in his Historic Highways . was proposed to haul wagons for any one who would ...
... Railroad , " in Johns Hopkins University Studies , vol . xv ; Wm . B. Wilson , History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ( 1899 ) ; and of course Hulbert , in his Historic Highways . was proposed to haul wagons for any one who would ...
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... Railroad Company . " Little known as railroads are in America , " said the North American Review , ... " the scheme is certainly a bold one , of constructing a road of this sort , not less than two hundred and fifty miles in length ...
... Railroad Company . " Little known as railroads are in America , " said the North American Review , ... " the scheme is certainly a bold one , of constructing a road of this sort , not less than two hundred and fifty miles in length ...
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... railroad to run west from Charleston to Hamburg , at the falls of the Savannah , in the hope of diverting cotton to Charleston from Savannah , and to compete for the business of upland Georgia . The road was open in 1830 , and was 136 ...
... railroad to run west from Charleston to Hamburg , at the falls of the Savannah , in the hope of diverting cotton to Charleston from Savannah , and to compete for the business of upland Georgia . The road was open in 1830 , and was 136 ...
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... railroad period was opened with the Balti- more and Ohio , and the South Carolina Railroad . Inspired by the activity of the East and their own enthusiasms , the western States began improvements . In the summer in which he opened the ...
... railroad period was opened with the Balti- more and Ohio , and the South Carolina Railroad . Inspired by the activity of the East and their own enthusiasms , the western States began improvements . In the summer in which he opened the ...
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