Presentation pitcher, c. 1854, E. Jaccard & Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1829-1864, 12 11/16 x 10 15/16 x 7 1/2in. ( x x 19cm), Coin silver, United States, 19th century, The first official railroad journey connecting the Mississippi River, at Rock Island, Illinois, to the Atlantic Ocean took place in 1854. The participants then boarded seven steamboats and embarked on a voyage upriver to St. Paul, an event known today as the Grand Excursion. The distinguished company included former president Millard Fillmore and other eastern politicians, journalists and historians

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