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While St. Louis was eventually served by a rail line and passengers and freight could easily connect to the West Coast, the city was not on what generally was regarded in 1900 as a "transcontinental railroad." Nonetheless, St. Louis remained an important commercial and business center. 1. Explain in your own words why the railroad route through St. Louis would not have been considered a "transcontinental railroad" in 1900. 2. Which route do you think earned that title? Why? (Additional information is provided in Reading 1.) * The map on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of this map, but be aware that the file will take as much as two minutes to a load with a 28.8K modem.
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