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View Down the Mississippi

The U.S. bought this land along the Mississippi for 3 cents an acre. How much do you think it's worth today?

CREDIT: "View Down the Mississippi from Fort Snelling, Minnesota" Detroit Publishing Company between 1880 and 1899. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920, Library of Congress.



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