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THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT

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CENTURY READINGS

IN

UNITED STATES HISTORY

A series, made up from the best on this subjectin The Century and St. Nicholas, for studentsof the upper grammar grades and the first yearhigh school. Profusely illustrated.

EXPLORERS and SETTLERS
THE COLONISTS AND THE REVOLUTION
A NEW NATION
THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT
THE CIVIL WAR
THE PROGRESS OF A UNITED PEOPLE

12mo.        About 225 pages each.

D. APPLETON-CENTURY CO.

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From the sculpture by Frederick Mac Monnies.
Kit Carson, the Pioneer.
See pages 173 and 174.

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CENTURY READINGS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY


THE
WESTWARD MOVEMENT

EDITED BY

CHARLES L. BARSTOW

D. Appleton-Century Company
INCORPORATED

New YorkLondon

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COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY THE CENTURY CO.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THERIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK, ORPORTIONS THEREOF, IN ANY FORM. 326

PRINTED IN U. S. A.


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CONTENTS

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Beginnings of the Westward MovementS. E. Forman3
The Settlement of the WestEmerson Hough14
The Pony ExpressW. F. Bailey46
Early Western SteamboatingArcher B. Hulbert56
George Rogers ClarkTheodore Roosevelt61
Boone's Wilderness RoadArcher B. Hulbert...

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