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Transcontinental Railroad
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Primary Sources

Reports from the End of the Track
Read accounts of the railroad from the pages of Harper's Weekly.

Mark Twain on the Railroad
Find out about Western travel before and after the railroad in this commentary from America's favorite humorist.
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