• ,_ ............. " .... ..... " .. " .. .. .... .... ... .... . As the rai .'roads extended into new territory. towns began to spring up as if by mag:c. Small villages along the railroads became thriving cities. In 1853 Wheeling, Virginia , became a v ::ry busy cit y, because it was in th:'s year that the railroad b :; gon its op:!ralion from Whe:!ling. eastward, \Vhen the railroad was extended westward in 1860 as far as Chicago and St. Lou ·s. because they were favorab'y situated as trade centers. thes J towns expanded rapidly in business and in population. qeatures
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