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Introduction
When the philosophy of Manifest Destiny was posited to induce citizens to set out and populate lands to the west of the original 13 colonies of the United States, few people expected to encounter the wondrous lands that lay just beyond the horizon.
The Great Plains, the Mountain West, California, and the Pacific Northwest all ended up humbling those that sought them out, and it was in these places that they laid down roots, setting the table for statehood in the ensuing years.
In 1959, this process (for now at least, as Puerto Rico might join the party at some point in the future) came to a conclusion in grand fashion, as America brought the ultimate tropical paradise, Hawaii, into the fold as its 50th state.
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