The time was. within the memory of the present generation. when the Great West. extending from the Rocky Mountains to thoPacific and from the British dominions to Mexico. was comparatively a wilderness. and when the waters of the Pacific Ocean bordering on these extended shores were undisturbed by the ships of commerce. The inquiring and enterprising spirit of the age. however. has wrought a change. Emigration set its foot thitherward. Territories were organized. States created. society established. cities built. agriculture. mechanic rrts. mining. manufacturesall have sprung into existence. and today the Pacific slope is in point of wealth. national resources. not to speak of its unquestionable prospective greatness. an empire in itself. while the Pacific Ocean. whose waters beat forever on the golden shores of the far West. are thronged by the ships of all nations and enlivened by the busy commerce of the world.
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