Whitman Lore Reexamined as Oregon Myth Unfolds
A historical review challenges the Whitman legend that Marcus Whitman rode west to stop a British sale of Oregon and trigger a massive U.S. migration. It argues his Washington visit had political aims, but was not the sole cause of American claims to the Pacific Northwest.
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Marcus Whitman
Oregon
United States
John Tyler
Great Britain
Whitman
Plains
Rockies
Daniel Webster
Oregon Trail
Pacific Northwest
Man
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Clifford Merrill Drury
Caxton Printers, Inc
Caldwell
Idaho
Northwest
Washington
Henry Harmon Spalding
Spalding
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Narcissa Prentiss
New York State
Gene Conso
Eliza Hart
Whitmans
Spaldings
Con- Seas
Whit
Tah
Utah
New Mexico
Taos
Santa Fe
Bent’s Fort
Arkansas
Westport
Missouri
St. Louis
Colorado River
Grand Junction
Colo
Bent's Fort
Lovejoy
Drury
President Tyler
John C. Spencer
Board of Missions
Boston
Waiiatpu
England
America
Dr. Whitman
Ee Clarke
Eppea
Gray
H. Spalding
Wee
Meney
Sacramento Union
Senate
Pasant
Joey
Columbia
Fort Hall
Rocky Mountains
Red River
Tel
Archibald McKinlay
Mibision
Eeehanees
Waiilatpu
Reece
Kensington Science Museum
London
Wright Brothers
Association of Men With Wings
Orville Wright
Smithsonian Institution
Samuel F. Langley
Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Earlham College
Wilbur Wright
Trust busting debate on steel prices and all American waterways
Washington column analyzes how a big surplus lets firms cut wages or flood markets to crush rivals. It includes Thurman Arnold remarks on government ownership of steel and a long advocate letter for an all American Great Lakes to ocean waterway via the Welland and Barge canals with projected savings and shipping implications.
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Washington
Thurman W. Arnold
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Mr. Arnold
Mrr. Arnold
Ford
U. S. Steel Company
St. Lawrence Seaway
Cordell Hull
Eugene F. McDonald Jr
McDonald
South America
Mizpah
St. Lawrence
Lake Michigan
Chicago
St. Lawrence System
Syracuse
Erie
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Canada
New York State
New York City
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Newfoundland
Europe
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
Port Arthur
Fort William
Toronto
Detroit
Milwaukee
Duluth
New York
Welland Canal
Hudson River
Albany
Tonawanda
Lockport
Olcott
Lake Ontario
Oswego
Seaboard
Parliament Shows Spunk In Army Row
A British parliamentary clash over the army's handling of Duncan Sandys creates political tremors. Sandys, allied with Churchill, faces cross-party opposition as defection rumors stir tensions and potential alignments shift in London.
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New York
Duncan Sandys
Mr. Sandys
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
John Bailey
Jennie Jerome
Rannie Churchill
Jerome
New York Times
Sandys
Diplomatic Service
London
George Sandys
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Elijah White
Oregon Territory
Hudson's Bay
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