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“From its founding, [Nevada] has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and now gaming and tourism--that have driven the state's economy and compelled its direction.”

States Government Economy Masters Industry Series Driven Federal Government Founding Compelled Tourism Railroads Gaming Mining Nevada

Book:The Making of Modern Nevada

Source: The Making of Modern Nevada

“With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history.”

Economy Periods Finished Ohio Railroads Baltimore Reorganization

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship”

Economy Ships Steam Railroads Propulsion

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points”

May Two Lines Economy Particular Competition Railroads Duplicate

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business”

Firsts Running Fall Economy Serious Fairs Difficulty Heavy Railroads Falling Off Capitalization

Author:John Moody

“The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress”

Has Beens Economy Records Progress Railroads

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period”

Firsts States Form Water United United States Economy Periods Rivers Revolutionary Construction Schemes Ohio Railroads Baltimore

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.”

Country Economy Relationship Development Connections Prosperity Relief Construction Expansion Pacific Railroads Close Relationship

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

“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.”

Lines Economy Discovery Gold Absolutes West Congress Conviction East Providing Pacific Surveys Mississippi Railroads

Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States