The Money Manias: The Eras of Great Speculation in America, 1770-1970Weybright and Talley, 1974 - 397 pages |
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... West - and cattle to the East . So thought Joseph McCoy , a cattle dealer from Springfield , Illinois , who went west on the Kansas Pacific in 1867. Earlier McCoy had thought to establish a cattle depot on the Mississippi , where Texas ...
... West - and cattle to the East . So thought Joseph McCoy , a cattle dealer from Springfield , Illinois , who went west on the Kansas Pacific in 1867. Earlier McCoy had thought to establish a cattle depot on the Mississippi , where Texas ...
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... West . New Haven , Conn . , 1970 . Stone , Irving . Men to Match My Mountains , The Opening of the Far West , 1840-1900 . New York , 1956 . Twain , Mark . Roughing It . 1913 ed . New York , 1913 . Wright , William ( Dan De Quille ) ...
... West . New Haven , Conn . , 1970 . Stone , Irving . Men to Match My Mountains , The Opening of the Far West , 1840-1900 . New York , 1956 . Twain , Mark . Roughing It . 1913 ed . New York , 1913 . Wright , William ( Dan De Quille ) ...
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... West Coast Electronics Company , 322 Western American Cattle Company , 156 Western Canal , 48 Western Company , 48 , 49 , 50 Western Electric Company , 334 Western Geophysical Company , 323 Western Inland Lock Navigation Company , 47 ...
... West Coast Electronics Company , 322 Western American Cattle Company , 156 Western Canal , 48 Western Company , 48 , 49 , 50 Western Electric Company , 334 Western Geophysical Company , 323 Western Inland Lock Navigation Company , 47 ...
Contents
A Great National Project | 33 |
Speculation in Slaves | 69 |
The Comstock Lode | 99 |
Copyright | |
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