With the completion of its great railroad, America gave birth to a transcontinental culture. And the route further engendered another profound change in the American mind. Here was manifest ...

Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental railroad throughout its construction ... as well as South American and the West Indies; but New York would become, to America ...

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Transcontinental Railroads played a major role in American history. Through transport, products and people go from one location to another, leading to the development of the economy. Within 100 years ...