Excerpt from A History of the United States for Schools The vast importance of this Westward Movement has led me to give it special prominence. In order to give a correct picture of our country's growth I have found it necessary to follow the upbuilding of the West and Southwest step by step, State by State; and I have thought it wise to be liberal in the treatment of this Western development, for no more imposing movement has been witnessed by man, and there is no more inspiring sub ject of classroom work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.