Hysterical Journey to Historic Places
March 31st 2015 BUTTERFIELD TRAIL
Southern states coveted a transcontinental railroad link to California that could operate year around. It was proposed to Congress by Senator Gadsden of South Carolina but the route passed through Northern Mexico and that was not acceptable. In 1853 Gadsden was made Ambassador to Mexico with extraordinary powers to negotiate the purchase of lands needed for the rai
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