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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
able
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
all
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
America
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
American
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
annexation
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
built
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
California
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
cause
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
change
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
coming
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
continent
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
corner
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
days
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
denied
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
development
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
discovery
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
distinct
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
draw
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
earth
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
effect
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
epoch-making
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
established
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
event
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
far
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
fully
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
generation
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
gold
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
growth
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
hard
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
hardy
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
horizon
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
IRON
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
methods
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
national
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
now
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
old
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
places
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
population
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
practicable
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
produced
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
ready
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
reason
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
remoter
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
self-confident
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
shift
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
Southwest
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
splendid
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
starting
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
state
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
sufficient
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
swift
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
swiftly
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
territory
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
Texas
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
there
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
tortuous
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
TRAILS
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
tremendous
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
up
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
wavering
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From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
West
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From this reading The great state of California alone was cause and sufficient reason for the swift development of the remoter American West.
Western
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
Westerners
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
wholesale
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From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
wholly
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From this reading THE IRON TRAILS At the time of the discovery of gold in California, there had been built up a splendid Western population, hardy, self-confident, able to shift for itself, wholly distinct from that population that it had for a generation left behind at the old starting places of the trails.
widening
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From this reading There can not be denied the tremendous effect produced by the sudden growth of California, coming as it did hard on the time of the annexation of Texas and the widening of our national territory in the far Southwest.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading So far as might be within the horizon of those days, all was now ready for the epoch-making event that was to change all the methods of America, that was to make Westerners by wholesale and to draw them swiftly from every corner of the earth.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading These trails across the continent, wavering, tortuous, yet practicable, had been fully established.
