From the River to the Sea: The Railroad War of the 1870s that Made the West

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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It is remarkable now to imagine, but during the 1870s, the American West, for all its cloud-topped peaks and endless coastline, might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad had made history...

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