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The Natives Are Restless

Plans are being made to complete a transcontinental telegraph line, but for now the Pony Express still runs. Apparently the Indians in Northern California didn’t get the memo on Manifest Destiny. From The New-York Times May 6, 1861: LATER FROM … Continue reading

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“Girt by a Wall of Fire”

From The New-York Times April 2, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): FROM FORT PICKENS. The St. Louis Democrat publishes a letter written by an officer in Fort Pickens to a friend in St. Louis. It is dated March 18. … Continue reading

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