The links below will help you with a piece of work we are about to cover in class as a case study on the railroad as a key factor in the opening up of the Western frontier.
- good history of the Transcontinental Railroad—and how it changed California - here.
- very detailed history of the Union Pacific railroad.
- link your knowledge of the railways to Lewis/Clark here.
- this Google link lets you read an American textbook on railways and the West.
- this BBC history site refers to the Transcontinental as one of the 'seven wonders of the industrial world.'
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You're obsessed by bloody trains.
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