Transcontinental Railroad

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Transcontinental Railroad
The historical significance of America's transcontinental railroad by The Historian Like most countries, settlement in the United States began along the coasts and slowly moved inland. While we often think of this process happening along the Eastern coast of the United States, Spanish settlements began along the Western coast as ea... More> History of the transcontinental railroad by Lenna Gonya The invention of the steam locomotive naturally lead to limitless possibilities. The building of railroads, which soon became a top priority, would solve transportation problems and move freight and people across the country. Of course, as with any ... More>
	Book reviews: Coolies, by Yin by Moe Zilla She grew up in Manhattan, and worked on Wall Street as an analyst - but she'd never heard the stories about Chinese contributions to American history. Even though she'd lived near New York's Chinatown, author Yin had to research that history, which ... More> Museum reviews: Union Pacific Museum, Omaha, NE by Marlin Bressi All aboard! The Union Pacific Railroad has played a significant role in building America since the mid-1800s, and this heritage is proudly chronicled at the Union Pacific Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa (right across the river from Omaha, Nebraska). ... More>
How the railroads opened the United States to development by Jerry Curtis If the Conestoga wagon and Overland Stage were the arteries and veins of America’s westward expansion, the railroads could be considered its iron backbone. The railroads both opened and followed America’s road west. They brought economic... More> What was the Pacific Scandal? by Cameron Scott The nation of Canada as we know it would not exist without the Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia had made its entry into Confederation conditional on a trans-Canada railroad within ten years. Other parts of Canada looked south, rather than ... More>
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