The railroad arrives - Earth.com

This Native American man stands atop a Californian bluff, looking down at a new arrival in his land: the railroad. To be more precise, that’s the Central Pacific Railroad, which was built over a seven-year period from 1862. Naturally, railways had a profound impact on America’s indigenous peoples – changing their environments forever and altering their ways of life. Photo Credit: Library of Congress

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