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The way in which the southern part of our western country--that is, all the land south of the Ohio, and from thence on to the Rio Grande and the Pacific--was won and settled, stands quite alone.
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Roosevelt notes the unique nature of how the southern part of the western United States was settled compared to other regions.
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