The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.

The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship