tx history ch 22.1
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Chapter 22: Railroads & Farming
Section 1: The Growth of Railroads
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New Railroad Lines
•State’s economic development slowed by transportation problems
•Rivers and roads unreliable
•Time consuming & expensive to ship goods
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New Railroad Lines
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New Railroad Lines
•Shipping goods by railroad could reduce freight costs by more than 50%
•Civil War interrupted plans to build rail lines in Texas:–1861: 470 miles of rail line
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New Railroad Lines
•Biggest difficulty in expanding railroads in Texas was financing their construction
•Many cities issued bonds to pay for rail construction
•Constitution of 1876 banned such local bonds
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New Railroad Lines
•State of Texas enacted a land grant law to help finance rail lines
•Railroad companies received 16 sq. miles of land for every mile of track completed
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New Railroad Lines
•Railroads sold land to finance construction
•More than 30 million acres of public lands were given to railroads to encourage them to lay track across Texas
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The Railroad Boom
•1876-1879: 750 miles of track laid in Texas
•Companies begin a race west
•Lines ran to Mexico border
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The Railroad Boom
•Panhandle one of last regions to receive rail service
•Towns along railroads boomed w/ business
•1879-1889: 6,000 miles of track laid in Texas
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The Effects of the Rail Boom
•New cities born, new areas settled
•Texas more connected to rest of nation
•Goods could be shipped more easily out of state
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The Effects of the Rail Boom
•Junction—meeting places of two or more rail lines
•Cities bypassed by railroads suffered population & economic losses.
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Farmers Move West•Railroad companies actively
promoted farming in West Texas.
•Railroads sold parcels of land to farmers
•Settlers were willing to locate their farms near railroads.
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Farmers Move West
•Farming followed the railroads to the frontier because:
–Offered an inexpensive way to ship goods to market
–Land less expensive
–Companies promoted opportunities