Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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Page 395
... building during the late 1840's settled few sectional problems ; the West at the close of the decade was still as firmly connected economically with the South as with the Northeast . Yet the revolution in trade routes destined to occur ...
... building during the late 1840's settled few sectional problems ; the West at the close of the decade was still as firmly connected economically with the South as with the Northeast . Yet the revolution in trade routes destined to occur ...
Page 641
... building south from Topeka , reached the Kansas border in 1870 after a race with a rival concern that was pushing its tracks out from Kansas City . Its reward was a generous land grant and a right of way across the Indian Territory ; an ...
... building south from Topeka , reached the Kansas border in 1870 after a race with a rival concern that was pushing its tracks out from Kansas City . Its reward was a generous land grant and a right of way across the Indian Territory ; an ...
Page 801
... building are needed be- fore the final history of the subject can be written . The East - West Railroads . The ... building in the Northwest exist : Frank F. Hargrave , A Pioneer Indiana Railroad ; the Origin and Development of the Monon ...
... building are needed be- fore the final history of the subject can be written . The East - West Railroads . The ... building in the Northwest exist : Frank F. Hargrave , A Pioneer Indiana Railroad ; the Origin and Development of the Monon ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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