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 14
... soon obeying the lightest rein . The despot serves to disci- pline the lawless , to guide the childhood of the nation . He becomes obnoxious only when culture has im- posed upon the people a healthful self - restraint . Even now the ...
... soon obeying the lightest rein . The despot serves to disci- pline the lawless , to guide the childhood of the nation . He becomes obnoxious only when culture has im- posed upon the people a healthful self - restraint . Even now the ...
Page 21
... soon afterward assumed to be the mouths of a channel which , under the fanciful name of Anian , should con- nect with the Pacific somewhere above the present California line . In support of this theory navigators were named who had ...
... soon afterward assumed to be the mouths of a channel which , under the fanciful name of Anian , should con- nect with the Pacific somewhere above the present California line . In support of this theory navigators were named who had ...
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... Soon afterward trappers and missionaries arrived and penetrated to Hudson's bay , and in 1678 a fort was planted at Lake Superior . In 1673 Joliet and Marquette descended the Mississippi , ascertaining its course to be toward the ...
... Soon afterward trappers and missionaries arrived and penetrated to Hudson's bay , and in 1678 a fort was planted at Lake Superior . In 1673 Joliet and Marquette descended the Mississippi , ascertaining its course to be toward the ...
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... soon afterward , in 1795 , abandoned her fort at Nootka , and took no further steps to assert her rights above California , and the English government being equally indifferent , the coast was left open to other nation- MARTINEZ AND ...
... soon afterward , in 1795 , abandoned her fort at Nootka , and took no further steps to assert her rights above California , and the English government being equally indifferent , the coast was left open to other nation- MARTINEZ AND ...
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... soon afterward merged the Canadian association , and when , after the war with England , foreign traders were excluded from the United States , Astor bought at his own price all British posts within the United States . Still later he ...
... soon afterward merged the Canadian association , and when , after the war with England , foreign traders were excluded from the United States , Astor bought at his own price all British posts within the United States . Still later he ...
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affairs afterward American arms army arrived Astor became Billings brought building California called character chief Chihuahua church citizens civil Coleman command committee court dollars duty early England enterprise established faith father favor force Frederick Billings friars friends Governor Gilpin Hudson's Bay company Indian industries influence interests John Jacob Astor Juarez Judge Field Junípero labor Ladd land later liberal ment Mexican Mexico military mining Miramón mission missionaries Missouri Monterey mountains nation native nature never Northwest company Oregon organization Pacific coast party passed police political Portland possession present president Querétaro received region river San Diego San Francisco Sanbornton Santa Santa Bárbara Scott secure Serra ship soldiers soon Spain St Louis steamer territory tion took trade Union Iron-works United Vera Cruz vessels vigilance committee wealth William William Gilpin York