Tag: Shoshone (native American tribe)*
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The Transcontinental Railroad in American Native Land
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M093 Creator: Elias Neuman-Donihue ’22 Computer Science In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, paving the way for a railroad spanning from Nebraska to California and connecting the U.S’s holdings on either side of the Great Plains region. At the time of the Act, the United States was composed of…