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Map of Western United States organized by watersheds

This 19th Century Map Could Have Transformed the West

According to John Wesley Powell, outside of the Pacific Northwest, the arid lands of the west could not be farmed without irrigation.
by Susan Schulten via The New Republic on June 9, 2014

Anglo-Americans

While Louisiana began as a French colony and its culture remained Creole, its Anglo-American population formed a large minority in the late colonial period.
by Lo Faber via 64 Parishes on December 11, 2012
Painting of Abraham Lincoln

The Election in November

The Atlantic’s editor endorsed Abraham Lincoln for presidency in the 1860 election, correctly predicting it would prove to be “a turning-point in our history.”
by James Russell Lowell via The Atlantic on October 1, 1860

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