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the northern pacific; formal completion of henry villard's railroad. the golden spike driven yesterday-- addresses by president villard, william m. evarts, and frederick billings.

The rapid expansion of America’s railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful ...