Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... began to crack , and then to break , which made it necessary to put props under them . The walls also began to scale off from the top , and that made the situation exceed- ingly dangerous . One night is brought to my mind especially ...
... began to crack , and then to break , which made it necessary to put props under them . The walls also began to scale off from the top , and that made the situation exceed- ingly dangerous . One night is brought to my mind especially ...
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... began to call Fremont the railroad center of Nebraska and on November 6 , 1869 , grading began in earnest . Anxious to complete the first ten miles and secure the state land grant , the builders pushed construction forward with remark ...
... began to call Fremont the railroad center of Nebraska and on November 6 , 1869 , grading began in earnest . Anxious to complete the first ten miles and secure the state land grant , the builders pushed construction forward with remark ...
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... began to wonder how Al . Wolfe was getting along . A. H. Wolfe had a dugout just at the head of a ravine , across the creek from my house , and about a quarter of a mile away . We could see nothing of his dugout , and only a snowdrift ...
... began to wonder how Al . Wolfe was getting along . A. H. Wolfe had a dugout just at the head of a ravine , across the creek from my house , and about a quarter of a mile away . We could see nothing of his dugout , and only a snowdrift ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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