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1859
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From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Ago
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
all
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
amazing
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Boomers
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Boston
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
BOY
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Busy
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
called
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
CASEY
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Certain
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
Cincinnati
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
City
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
contain
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
Country
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From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
covered
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
crystal
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Denver
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
distance
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Editor
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Folk
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Friend
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
full
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Geography
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
gold
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
Gratitude
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
GREELEY
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
GREEN
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
GREGORY
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Gulches
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
HAND
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
HORACE
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Hundred
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
infinite
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Interpreter
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
JOHN
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Journal
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
JOURNALIST
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
late
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
LEFTnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
MAN
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Man's
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
MCGREW
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
minerals
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
mountains
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
New
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
number
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Official
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
old
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
ore
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
Original
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Others
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
PAT
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Peak
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From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
Pie
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Pike's
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From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
PLACE
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From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
Pushed
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
RAVEN
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Reporter
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
RICHARDSON
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Rocky
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
RUSSELL
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
seen
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
shines
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Shining
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Shows
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
SICK
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
silver
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
size
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
sparkle
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
stones
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
sun
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
supposed
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From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
taken
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
TasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Thronged
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
TIMEnounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PLACE AND TIME: The Pike's Peak Country of the Rocky Mountains, 1859.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "These mountains are supposed to contain minerals, precious stones and gold and silver ore.
travelers
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From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Tribune
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
VILLARD
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
WHEEL-BARROW
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
White
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is but late that they have taken the name Rocky Mountains; by all the old travelers they are called the Shining Mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size, with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance."
Years
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
York
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From this reading --_From a Geography One Hundred Years Ago._ THE SICK BOY Who Shows His Gratitude PAT CASEY With a Taste for Pie LITTLE RAVEN White Man's Friend LEFT HAND Official Interpreter HORACE GREELEY New York Tribune Editor JOURNALIST RICHARDSON Boston Journal Reporter JOURNALIST VILLARD The Cincinnati Reporter GREEN RUSSELL} The Original "Boomers" JOHN GREGORY } MCGREW THE WHEEL-BARROW MAN Who "Pushed" Across
Young
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From this reading And Certain Others of the Busy Folk That Thronged the Gulches and the Young Denver City.
