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Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad: | Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad: | ||
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|+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of North America''' | |+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of North America''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | '''Transcon-tinental Service Started''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Railroad''' | | align="center" | '''Railroad''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Normal Route''' | | align="center" | '''Normal Route''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Last Spike at''' | | align="center" | '''Last Spike at''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1869 | ||
| Union Pacific + Central Pacific | | Union Pacific + Central Pacific | ||
| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA | | Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA | ||
| Promontory Summit, UT | | Promontory Summit, UT | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1882 | ||
| Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific | | Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific | ||
| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA | | Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Deming, NM | | Deming, NM | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1883 | ||
| Southern Pacific | | Southern Pacific | ||
| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA | | New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA | ||
| Pecos River, TX | | Pecos River, TX | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1883 | ||
| Northern Pacific | | Northern Pacific | ||
| Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA<br> | | Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA<br> | ||
| Gold Creek, MT | | Gold Creek, MT | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1885 | ||
| Atlantic & Pacific | | Atlantic & Pacific | ||
| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA | | Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA | ||
| | | <br> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1885 | ||
| Canadian Pacific | | Canadian Pacific | ||
| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC | | Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC | ||
| Craigellachie, BC | | Craigellachie, BC | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1893 | ||
| Great Northern | | Great Northern | ||
| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA | | Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA | ||
| Scenic, WA | | Scenic, WA | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9% | | align="center" width="9%" | 1925 | ||
| Union Pacific (via Boise, ID) | | Union Pacific (via Boise, ID) | ||
| Granger, WY - Portland, OR | | Granger, WY - Portland, OR | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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[[Category:US_Migration_Railroads|US_Migration_Railroads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes|Migration_Routes]] [[Category:United_States_Migration_Internal|United_States_Migration_Internal]] | [[Category:US_Migration_Railroads|US_Migration_Railroads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes|Migration_Routes]] [[Category:United_States_Migration_Internal|United_States_Migration_Internal]] | ||
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