US Migration Railroads: Difference between revisions

Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad. Railroads were faster, less expensive, and healthier than overland travel by covered wagon. Railroads often organized immigrant trains to encourage settlement (and eventually business) along their routes.  

|+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of the United States and Canada'''  

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| align="center" | '''Railroad'''  

| align="center" | '''Normal Route'''  

| align="center" |   '''Connecting Spike'''

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| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA  

| Promontory Summit, UT

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| [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe]] + [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]  

| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA  

| Deming, NM

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| [[Texas and Pacific Railway|Texas and Pacific]] + [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]  

| St. Louis, MO - Los Angeles, CA  

| Sierra Blanca, TX

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| [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]  

| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA  

| Pecos River, TX

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| Northern Pacific  

| Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA  

| Gold Creek, MT

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| [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad|Atlantic and Pacific]]  

| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA  

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| Canadian Pacific  

| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC  

| Craigellachie, BC

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| Great Northern  

| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA  

| Scenic, WA

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| [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] (via Boise, ID)  

| Granger, WY - Portland, OR