Pilots of the Republic; the Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West

Archer Butler Hulbert

Authors: Archer Butler Hulbert

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Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 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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