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Pilots of the republic : the romance of the pioneer promoter in the middle West

Print Book, English, 1906
A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1906
History
xvi pages, 2
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Introductory: The brother of the sword
Washington: the promoter of western investments
Richard Henderson: the founder of Transylvania
Rufus Putnam: the father of Ohio
David Zeisberger: hero of "the meadow of light"
George Rogers Clark: founder of Louisville
Henry Clay: promoter of the first American highway
Morris and Clinton: fathers of the Erie Canal
Thomas and Mercer: rival promoters of canal and railway
Lewis and Clark: explorers of Louisiana
Astor: the promoter of Astoria
Marcus Whitman: the hero of Oregon
The captains of the "American system."
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