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being described as Victorian. The reason may be that the city wasn’t the old west, but settled in part by Europeans - not necessarily British - who had arrived by ship rather than by wagon train across the continent.Generally speaking, in the US, we use the term Victorian for events, both historical and cultural, that occurred during her reign.
Certainly, in the north-east, there would in this era still be a great deal of direct trade and interaction between Britain and the US, and quite a lot of cross-pollination, so to speak, particularly among wealthier families, in terms of sending their adult children either east or west across the ditch for purposes of education, apprenticeship and oversight of family businesses, cementing of social connections.
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