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... Pacific Railroad Company , com- pany that extended the American railway sys- tem to the Pacific Coast ; it was incorporated by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 1 , 1862. The original road was built westward 1,006 miles ( 1,620 km ) ...
... Pacific Railroad Company , com- pany that extended the American railway sys- tem to the Pacific Coast ; it was incorporated by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 1 , 1862. The original road was built westward 1,006 miles ( 1,620 km ) ...
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... PACIFIC OCEAN United States PACIFIC OCEAN Gulf of Mexico ATLANTIC OCEAN CUBA North America and the island state of Hawaii lying in the mid - Pacific Ocean . The cotermi- nous United States is bounded to the north by Canada ; to the west ...
... PACIFIC OCEAN United States PACIFIC OCEAN Gulf of Mexico ATLANTIC OCEAN CUBA North America and the island state of Hawaii lying in the mid - Pacific Ocean . The cotermi- nous United States is bounded to the north by Canada ; to the west ...
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... Pacific ) and was renamed to honour Captain George Van- couver , of the Royal Navy , who had navigated the coast in 1792. It recovered from a disas- trous fire ( 1886 ) to become a prosperous port , aided , in part , by the opening of ...
... Pacific ) and was renamed to honour Captain George Van- couver , of the Royal Navy , who had navigated the coast in 1792. It recovered from a disas- trous fire ( 1886 ) to become a prosperous port , aided , in part , by the opening of ...
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