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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: The Railroads Come to Texas: Railroad Regulation

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Read about regulations that kept the early Texas railroad system safe, and check out an "Inspection report for the Houston & Great Northern, 1871." Also, learn how the Civil War affected the railroad and how it was rebuilt following the war. Primary texts help examine these topics thoroughly

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linking the east and west, railroad construction, transcontinental railroads, early railroad, railroad during the civil war, rebuilding the railroad, texas railroad, texas railroad regulations, texas railway, texas state library and archives commission, civil war railroad, civil war railroads

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Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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