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After the Civil War, the American government encouraged people to settle in the largely empty land of the Great Plains. The American Indians had already been driven out. The distances involved were enormous, and the railways were able to help the spread of people into the undeveloped areas.

By 1869 the Union Pacific Railroad linking the east and west coasts of the United States was finally joined up.

A network of other lines spread out across the plains. The railway provided an essential read more...

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