Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study, Tom 2History Company, 1892 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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... means contribute to prosperity . Stock- raising comes to redeem the neglected mountains and plains along the rocky ridge between Texas and British Columbia , and to favor in a degree the spread of agriculture and manufacturing ...
... means contribute to prosperity . Stock- raising comes to redeem the neglected mountains and plains along the rocky ridge between Texas and British Columbia , and to favor in a degree the spread of agriculture and manufacturing ...
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... means , among them superior- ity of arms and intelligence on the one side , and on the other the lack of confederated strength , and the discord which has so often undermined national exis- tence . In Mexico , Aztec rule had become ...
... means , among them superior- ity of arms and intelligence on the one side , and on the other the lack of confederated strength , and the discord which has so often undermined national exis- tence . In Mexico , Aztec rule had become ...
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... means to be wondered at . The system , though it cannot properly be called re- publican , is indeed finding increased favor , as the happy results of enforced peace and order are becom- ing apparent , and as the spread of education ...
... means to be wondered at . The system , though it cannot properly be called re- publican , is indeed finding increased favor , as the happy results of enforced peace and order are becom- ing apparent , and as the spread of education ...
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... means of gaining a thorough mastery of a subject , and of discovering one's own deficiencies . Among other places where his services were in demand was the town of Southport , in New York state , where the population was one of more ...
... means of gaining a thorough mastery of a subject , and of discovering one's own deficiencies . Among other places where his services were in demand was the town of Southport , in New York state , where the population was one of more ...
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... means permitted , he removed to Columbus , Ohio , near which his cousin , the Reverend Leicester A. Sawyer had just established Central college of Ohio , of which he was president . Here he taught the freshman class in Latin and ...
... means permitted , he removed to Columbus , Ohio , near which his cousin , the Reverend Leicester A. Sawyer had just established Central college of Ohio , of which he was president . Here he taught the freshman class in Latin and ...
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