Documents in Year 1891
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Links of Interest:
Benjamin Harrison,
Twenty-third U.S. President (1889-1893)
National
Forests Created1891 - President Harrison signs Forest Reserve Act, empowering
presidents to set aside public land as national forests.
The Men Who Built America"The vast and rapid growth of America is in full swing. Railroads now connect all 44 states.
Oil is the most precious resource in the country (to light homes with kerosene refined by Standard Oil owned by Rockefeller)
and steel (Carnegie) is building our cities. Electricity is about to
light homes from coast to coast."
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