People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.


The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States (ed. 1919)


People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future...

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future...

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future...

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future...