James J. Hill completes his Northern Pacific Railroad, running from Ashland, Wisconsin to Seattle, Washington—without a dime of federal subsidies.

       [added 5/13/2022]

Subsequent Events:

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Thomas DiLorenzo, How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present, (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004), 112-16.

us events
www.duke.edu/~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/us-events.htm

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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