6. Railroads, Track in Kilometers
1870-1916
Workers Laying Track
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library
7. New York to San Francisco
90
60
30
0
1850 1870
Travel Time/ Days (ca.)
8. Technological Advances
1820 Agrarian Society
1865 Civil War, modern
technologies utilized
1900 Transcontinental
Industrial Society
9. The Media
Yellow Press
Big Dailies (New York
Times, Washington Post)
Monthlies and Weeklies
(Harper‘s)
Small Local and Amateur
Papers
10. The Media
Yellow Press
Big Dailies (New York
Times, Washington Post)
National Discourses
Monthlies and Weeklies become immediate
(Harper‘s)
Small Local and Amateur
Papers