The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1996 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 328
... followed the trail blazed by Pike , but the true explorers of Colorado - indeed , of the whole Rocky Moun- tains region - were the mountain men , who searched for beaver and other pelts and harvest- ed furs for more than three decades ...
... followed the trail blazed by Pike , but the true explorers of Colorado - indeed , of the whole Rocky Moun- tains region - were the mountain men , who searched for beaver and other pelts and harvest- ed furs for more than three decades ...
Page 341
... followed by mainline railroads and through highways . The river itself is navigable by ocean freighters as far as Portland , Oreg . , and Vancouver , Wash . , and above these cities by barges . The completion in 1975 of the Columbia ...
... followed by mainline railroads and through highways . The river itself is navigable by ocean freighters as far as Portland , Oreg . , and Vancouver , Wash . , and above these cities by barges . The completion in 1975 of the Columbia ...
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... followed by an unprecedented fall in wheat prices , and in 1815 - in the face of bitter pro- tests from the cities - Parliament passed a new corn law fixing 80s . per quarter as the price above which imports were allowed in at a nominal ...
... followed by an unprecedented fall in wheat prices , and in 1815 - in the face of bitter pro- tests from the cities - Parliament passed a new corn law fixing 80s . per quarter as the price above which imports were allowed in at a nominal ...
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