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