Railroads and Governor Hogg

Identify significant individuals, events, and issues, including the effects of the growth of railroads and the contributions of James Hogg.

Part of The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century

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Railroads Remake Texas

After the Civil War, Texas was huge but hard to cross. Wagons took weeks to move cattle, cotton, or lumber. Then railroad companies built thousands of miles of track between the 1870s and 1900, changing how Texans traveled, traded, and where they lived.

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