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A man carries a rifle. He is on a broad plain, surrounded by wagons and people.     Pioneers on the Overland Route, Westward.
STORIES OF LATER AMERICAN HISTORY BY  WILBUR F. GORDY
FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.; AUTHOR OF “A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS,” “ELEMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,” “AMERICAN LEADERS AND HEROES,” “AMERICAN BEGINNINGS IN EUROPE,” “STORIES OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS,” “COLONIAL DAYS,” AND “STORIES OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY”
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON
Copyright, 1915, by  CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
 CHAPTER
    Patrick Henry
     Samuel Adams
     The War Begins near Boston
     George Washington in the Revolution
     Nathanael Greene and Other Heroes in the South
     John Paul Jones
     Daniel Boone
     James Robertson
     John Sevier
     George Rogers Clark
     The New Republic
     Increasing the Size of the New Republic
     Internal Improvements
     The Republic Grows Larger
     Three Great Statesmen
     The Civil War
     Four Great Industries