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Livestock and Railroads Shape Western Development
An overview notes how transcontinental railroads spurred settlement from the Missouri River to the Pacific. It highlights subsidies, open markets in Ogden, Salt Lake, Spokane, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, plus the role of livestock in soil fertility and cash flow for small producers, and the need for soil replenishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Great West
Southwest
Missouri River
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Red Oak
Iowa
Great American Desert
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Union of the Pacific
Iocater
Ogden Salt Lake
Spokane
Portland
San Francisco
Western Railroads