Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study, Volume 1History Company, 1891 Biographies of businessmen, miners, ranchers. industrialists, explorers, railroad men, shippers, lumber men, etc., with descriptions of their enterprises. It is a history of the development of the West. |
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Page vii
... building of the Panamá railway ; the development of mines , agricul- ture , stock - raising , commerce , and manufactures throughout this whole western region ; the laying out of roads , and the establishing of stage , steamboat ...
... building of the Panamá railway ; the development of mines , agricul- ture , stock - raising , commerce , and manufactures throughout this whole western region ; the laying out of roads , and the establishing of stage , steamboat ...
Page ix
... build- ers of empire , that the history have a biographical section , devoted primarily to the men , as the historical section proper is devoted primarily to the events , and which would be in the truest sense a book of histor- ical ...
... build- ers of empire , that the history have a biographical section , devoted primarily to the men , as the historical section proper is devoted primarily to the events , and which would be in the truest sense a book of histor- ical ...
Page xv
... Building and Financiering - Benefactions .. CHAPTER III . DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN AMERICA . Dawn of the Later Age — Spain and her History - Potentates and Popes -Extension of Discovery - A New World Found - Hot and Cold Climates as ...
... Building and Financiering - Benefactions .. CHAPTER III . DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN AMERICA . Dawn of the Later Age — Spain and her History - Potentates and Popes -Extension of Discovery - A New World Found - Hot and Cold Climates as ...
Page xvi
... Building - Junípero in Mexico -At San Diego - At Monterey - At San Francisco , Santa Barbara , and Elsewhere - Incidents of his Death . CHAPTER V. DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA . A Romantic Story - The Reserved ...
... Building - Junípero in Mexico -At San Diego - At Monterey - At San Francisco , Santa Barbara , and Elsewhere - Incidents of his Death . CHAPTER V. DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA . A Romantic Story - The Reserved ...
Page xvi
... Building - Junípero in Mexico -At San Diego - At Monterey - At San Francisco , Santa Barbara , and Elsewhere - Incidents of his Death ... 225 CHAPTER V. DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA . A Romantic Story - The ...
... Building - Junípero in Mexico -At San Diego - At Monterey - At San Francisco , Santa Barbara , and Elsewhere - Incidents of his Death ... 225 CHAPTER V. DOMINATING INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALIFORNIA . A Romantic Story - The ...
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