Courtesy of State Historical Society of Iowa, "Railroads in Iowa," The Goldfinch, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 2-3, November 1983
Description
This essay from The Goldfinch explains how the railroad impacted people in Iowa during the age of industry.
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Source-Dependent Questions
- How did people travel in Iowa before the railroad?
- What evidence from the text supports how the railroad helped people?