Despite modest developments in infrastructure, america remained a largely untamed expanse of land.

Webin 1860, the railroad wars that raged for decades reached a climax.

Webon may 10, 1869, railroad tycoon leland stanford drove in the famous golden spike linking up the two halves of the country's first transcontinental railroad.

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Webfive years later, huntington was bitten by the railroad bug, in the form of ted judah, who visualized a railroad stretching across the american continent.

For about a year this.

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