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This exhibit is presented in two forms: a recreation of the exhibit panels and a plain-text copy better suited to screen readers or slower connections.Railroads have captured the public’s imagination. Initially, they were technological marvels. For over 100 years they were the lifeblood of the United States. In the west, with its vast prairies and isolated towns, railroads have been especially important. For good or ill, they were linked to nearly every important social development in the United States between the 1880s and the 1960s.
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The Stevens Expedition
The Northern Pacific Railroad Surveys
Building the Railroads
Why come to the United States?
Who worked on the railroads?
Organized labor and the railroads
Railroad hospitals
Railroad-driven immigration
The Legacy of the Railroads
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- Building the Railroads background
- The Stevens Expedition background
- The Northern Pacific Railroad Surveys background
- The Golden Spike Ceremony, by Amédée Joullin, 1903
- Why come to the United States background
- Who worked on the railroads background
- Organized labor and the railroads background
- Railroad Hospitals background
- Railroad-driven immigration background
- The legacy of the railroads background