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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... returning toward nightfall to complete his task . At ten he could drive an ox - team to the river bank , discharging into the stream a wagon - load of logs , and this he did a hun- dred times amid the pine forests of this Black river ...
... returning toward nightfall to complete his task . At ten he could drive an ox - team to the river bank , discharging into the stream a wagon - load of logs , and this he did a hun- dred times amid the pine forests of this Black river ...
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... returned , to find his friend , at the age of ninety - five , still living in the neighborhood . Though he could not remember incidents which had occurred but yesterday , he had not forgotten Lorenzo , or the part he played in the ...
... returned , to find his friend , at the age of ninety - five , still living in the neighborhood . Though he could not remember incidents which had occurred but yesterday , he had not forgotten Lorenzo , or the part he played in the ...
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... returned into court , or rather into the warehouse where the cause was heard , with a verdict for the plaintiffs . The scene which followed was such as had probably never been witnessed in Rough and Ready . Amid deafening cheers and ...
... returned into court , or rather into the warehouse where the cause was heard , with a verdict for the plaintiffs . The scene which followed was such as had probably never been witnessed in Rough and Ready . Amid deafening cheers and ...
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... was a spectacle such as few have witnessed , such as few would care to witness ; one sadder even than was seen in Brussels on the eve of Quatre Bras . Soon after returning from the east Mr Sawyer entered into 46 GOVERNMENT - CALIFORNIA .
... was a spectacle such as few have witnessed , such as few would care to witness ; one sadder even than was seen in Brussels on the eve of Quatre Bras . Soon after returning from the east Mr Sawyer entered into 46 GOVERNMENT - CALIFORNIA .
Strona 47
Historical Character Study Hubert Howe Bancroft. Soon after returning from the east Mr Sawyer entered into partnership with General Charles H. S. Williams , one of California's ablest lawyers . At that date the Comstock lode was ...
Historical Character Study Hubert Howe Bancroft. Soon after returning from the east Mr Sawyer entered into partnership with General Charles H. S. Williams , one of California's ablest lawyers . At that date the Comstock lode was ...
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