On December 16, 1873, a large crowd gathered just outside the small town of Tacoma, Washington, to drive the last spike in the just‐completed western leg of Northern Pacific's transcontinental railroad. Tacoma's last‐spike ceremony encapsulates many elements of a broader story about the boundaries and barriers created by railroads in the Pacific Northwest. A frenzy of railroad construction set off the region's first major economic boom in 1880, created tens of thousands of jobs, turned villages into cities and linked businesses and people with national and global markets. Between 1880 and 1890 the total railroad trackage in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana increased six fold, from 1,124 miles to 6,090 miles. An 1890 Northern Pacific publication typifies railroad promotion, starting with the "varied and striking scenery" and "cultivated country". With several railroads competing for a fixed number of passengers, the Northern Pacific claimed the cities on its route, offered "better opportunities" for settlement and business.


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    Title :

    Riding the Railroad Rollercoaster


    Subtitle :

    “Magician's rod” connected east with west, transforming everything it touched


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2017-03-27


    Size :

    29 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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