By: Douglas Love, Chair, California History Board The 19th Century was one of unparalleled growth and innovation for the United States. When the century began, the United States stopped at the Mississippi River and almost all of the land west of the Appalachians was unsettled wilderness. By 1900, the country became a true continental power. It stretched from “sea to shining sea”. Telegraph wires and rails of steel bound the country … [Read More...]
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