By the mid-1800s, railroads extended westward, too. To provide the rest of the country with beef, cowboys were charged with driving livestock from the central plains and prairies to railroad stations for transport. These cattle drives were long and legendary affairs. Perhaps a dozen cowboys on ...
The benefits of applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and electronic mapping technology to railroad business applicationsSince its inception in the mid-1800s, the railroad industry has used mapping as a medium to communicate important information. For many years, maps were railroads' only ...
Railroads advertised in East and Europe Railroad companies would sell land to settlers to pay for laying tracks Railroads advertised in East and Europe Stimulated Midwest and western industry: lumber New technology Drilling technology to tap underground water Windmills New plow blades “self-binding” h...