Loading Grain Onto Train, 2004

Pathways

• River Transportation
• Railroads Create Change
• Iowa's Mississippi River Towns
• Railroads
• Early Transportation
• The Court System
• Transportation

Media Artifacts

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  Steamboat Accidents
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  Steam Train
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  Railroad Tracks Across Iowa
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  Steamboats Carry Supplies

Web Sites

• A Brief History of Building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Article describing the growth of Iowa railroad systems in the late 1800s
• Simulated travel guide explaining details of riding the railroad in the late 1800s
• 2,600+ photographs documenting railroad depots captured in the late 1800s into the 1980s; includes depictions of trains, tracks, signs, stations and travelers