High Point Regional High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Sussex, NJ)

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ERS OF HISTORY was an attempt ln the fi' ht to achieve commerce e ualit the lated to Reaper the cotton of new Set While gold rush fever states w r 1 e e ncreasingly Civil war the country. Cities grew at an alarmingpace, often were often re- regard to the limits of safety. The great McCormick fire of 1871 burned the bustling cattle looms and empire beyond recognition. But the in the settling spirit was not broken. Chicagoans ' building and preparations were underway to celebrate the tooth birthday of the country. S q Y, Statesfound itself in a naval war over lanes, Fort McHenry was' heriocally -a British 'naval bombardment, and stripes still flew aftera night of The next morning Francis Scott ,words of what would WHS the race The Iron Horse, carrying at greatly helped settlement of the The first transcontinental the country at Promontory May 10, 1869.

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