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Published on Nov 19, 2015
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TRANSCONTENTAIL RAILROAD
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BUILDING THE RAILROAD BEGAN IN 1860
Photo by Marion Doss
WITH SO MANY SETTLERS MOVING WEST A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO MEET THEIR
NEEDS WAS NECESSARY
Photo by Marion Doss
THE WORKERS LIVEDE IN TENT CITIES--ROUGH AND DANGEROUS-DAILY DEAD BODIES WITH
THEIR POCKETS RIFLED
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MILLIONS OF BUFFALOES WERE SLAUGHTERED
TO FEED THE WORKERS
THE UNION PACIFIC STARTED IN NEBRASKA--
THE CENTERAL PACIFIC WOULD START IN CALIFORNIA
IN 1869 THE TWO LINES MET IN UTAH
CHARLES CROCKER THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION USED CHINESE
WORKES TO REPLACE THOSE WHO BAILED TO MINE SILVER
IN TIME A NETWORK OF RAILROADS WOULD BRING NEW SETTELERS ENCOURAGE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF TOWNS AND CITIES
