Confederacy of Ambition: William Winlock Miller and the Making of Washington Territory
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The promise of opportunity drew twenty-seven-year-old Illinois schoolteacher William Winlock Miller west to the future Washington Territory in 1850. Like so many other Oregon Trail emigrants Miller arrived cash-poor and ambitious, but unlike most he fulfilled his grandest ambitions. By the time of his death in 1876, Miller had amassed one of the largest private fortunes in the territory and had used it creatively in developing the region's assets,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295993855
ISBN13:9780295993850
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:340 Pages
Weight:1.11 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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