trans-Mississippi
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The Homestead Act settled Americans in large numbers in the trans-Mississippi West.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
Mr. Smith replied that, about the same time, he had received an ancient, lusty-throated rooster from a trans-Mississippi admirer who insisted that it symbolized "unterrified Democracy."
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1790, however, despite the presumptive dreams of a continental empire, the Louisiana Purchase remained in the future and the vast trans-Mississippi region continued under Spanish ownership.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Mr. Memminger has sent a press to the trans-Mississippi country, to issue paper money there.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Also one relating to instructions to Gen. Smith, trans-Mississippi Department, who assumes control of matters pertaining to the Treasury Department.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
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