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Ep. 16 – The Uncertain Fate of America’s Frontier
Coins, Currency & American History
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In the early 19th century, Americans spoke of the western frontier with confidence. It was where Jefferson’s agrarian citizens would flourish. The land that would cure poverty and absorb the restless masses of the East. An investment that would pay dividends for generations. But by the 1840s, something changed. People began to see it as a costly promise rather than a realized future. And belief in the West was an unspoken pillar holding the young republic together...
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