Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... Michigan and Illinois Canal , but for 1,300 miles of railroad crisscrossing the state in every direction : the Central Railroad from Galena to Cairo , the Northern Cross Railroad from Quincy to Danville , the Southern Cross Railroad ...
... Michigan and Illinois Canal , but for 1,300 miles of railroad crisscrossing the state in every direction : the Central Railroad from Galena to Cairo , the Northern Cross Railroad from Quincy to Danville , the Southern Cross Railroad ...
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... Michigan Southern from Monroe to New Buffalo , the Michigan Central from De- troit to St. Joseph , and the Michigan Northern from Port Huron to Grand Rapids as well as canals between the Saginaw and Grand rivers and the Detroit and ...
... Michigan Southern from Monroe to New Buffalo , the Michigan Central from De- troit to St. Joseph , and the Michigan Northern from Port Huron to Grand Rapids as well as canals between the Saginaw and Grand rivers and the Detroit and ...
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... Michigan , developing rapidly under the stimulus of wholesale immigra- tion , also played a prominent role in forging the railroad network between Northeast and West . The two roads started by the state before the depres- sion - the ...
... Michigan , developing rapidly under the stimulus of wholesale immigra- tion , also played a prominent role in forging the railroad network between Northeast and West . The two roads started by the state before the depres- sion - the ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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