Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... later the Union Jack floated over the supposedly im- pregnable French citadel . A year later Montreal surrendered to three giant armies that moved in from south , east , and west . The articles of capitulation signed on September 8 ...
... later the Union Jack floated over the supposedly im- pregnable French citadel . A year later Montreal surrendered to three giant armies that moved in from south , east , and west . The articles of capitulation signed on September 8 ...
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... later to settle on his 18,000 acres . His large scale agricultural methods and specially devised machinery proved so successful that he not only made additional purchases , but be- came a rabid advocate of prairie farming . Ellsworth's ...
... later to settle on his 18,000 acres . His large scale agricultural methods and specially devised machinery proved so successful that he not only made additional purchases , but be- came a rabid advocate of prairie farming . Ellsworth's ...
Page 392
... later , making possible through travel from Cincinnati to either Sandusky or Cleveland . More important than the Ohio River - Lake Erie connections were the railroads planned to extend the main East - West lines across the state . Few ...
... later , making possible through travel from Cincinnati to either Sandusky or Cleveland . More important than the Ohio River - Lake Erie connections were the railroads planned to extend the main East - West lines across the state . Few ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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