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Paperback Big Bend Railroads Book

ISBN: 1467132535

ISBN13: 9781467132534

Big Bend Railroads

(Part of the Images of Rail Series)

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The Big Bend area had its start with a land grant given by President Lincoln to the Northern Pacific Railway. As such, the railway company heavily promoted the area to encourage settlement and populate the station sites along the way. Towns began to develop in the late 1880s; prior to that time, the few settlers had a difficult time getting around. Despite snow, floods, fires, wrecks, human error, sabotage, and government regulation, the railroads...

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