Quotation from: The Beginner's American History

Written by: D.H. Montgomery


[Illustration: THE MEETING OF THE ENGINES FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST
AFTER THE LAST SPIKE WAS DRIVEN[3] ON THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST
RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC IN 1869.]


[Illustration: PILING SILVER BRICKS. (From the silver mines in
Colorado.)]


[Illustration: HOW THEY USED TO SHOOT BUFFALO IN THE FAR WEST.]


[Illustration: INDIANS ATTACKING A STAGE-COACH IN THE FAR WEST FORTY
YEARS AGO; BEFORE THE FIRST PACIFIC RAILROAD WAS BUILT.]

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