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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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View the plain text from the beginning or choose any of the pages in the list below.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
