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From Sea to Shining Sea: The Heroes and Villains of the First Transcontinental Railroad

By Tim White

May 10, 2019
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The condition of the people of America is so different from aught that we in Europe have an opportunity of observing . . . They are great travellers, and in general better acquainted with the vast expanse of country, spreading over their eighteen states . . . than the English with their little island. They are also a migrating people, and even when in p…

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