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It’s not just people moving south. Opportunity is moving south, too

By Conn Carroll
Published July 7, 2023 5:33am ET
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It’s not just people moving south. Opportunity is moving south, too
“Go West young man, and grow up with the country,” New York Daily Tribune editor Horace Greeley allegedly said in 1865 as part of his effort to encourage Civil War veterans to take advantage of the Homestead Act. And for over a hundred years, many people did exactly that, settling not just the Great Plains […]

“Go West young man, and grow up with the country,” New York Daily Tribune editor Horace Greeley allegedly said in 1865 as part of his effort to encourage Civil War veterans to take advantage of the Homestead Act.

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