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19th Century
3 articles tagged “19th Century” on Sprinkles of History.
North America
The Underground Railroad Was a Network of People, Not Tracks
The Underground Railroad had no rails at all; it was a loose, secret network of routes, safe houses, and guides that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
North America
The Race to Join a Continent by Rail
Two companies laid track from opposite directions, through mountains and deserts using largely immigrant labor, until their lines met at Promontory Summit in 1869.
North America
The Klondike: A Stampede of a Hundred Thousand for Gold
News of gold in Canada's Yukon sent roughly a hundred thousand prospectors north; most never reached the goldfields, and few of those who did struck it rich.