The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so … - John Moody

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John Moody

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.

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Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history.

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The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

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