Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were physically mere extensions of one another, were separately owned and separately managed.
John MoodyPeople 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.
John MoodyIn 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
John MoodyIn the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government
John Moody