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

The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection with changes in the control of the property

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.

In 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

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. One transformed millions of acres of uncultivated land into fertile farms, while the other furnished the transportation which carried the crops to distant markets.

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.

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.