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The Middle Period – a time of explosive growth in American business and entrepreneurship.

1.) 1831 - Cyrus McCormick Operates His Mechanical Reaper
2.) 1834 - The Refrigerator: An American Entrepreneurial Story
3.) 1836 - Samuel Colt Patents Five Shot Revolver
4.) 1837 - John Deere Invents the First Self-scouring Steel Plow
5.) 1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse Demonstrates the Telegraph
6.) 1850 - Expressmen: Butterfield, Wells and Fargo