The Iron Road in the Prairie State

The Story of Illinois Railroading

Reeks: Railroads Past and Present

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  • In
  • 1836,
  • Abraham
  • Lincoln
  • and
  • Stephen
  • Douglas
  • agreed
  • on
  • one
  • thing:
  • Illinois
  • needed
  • railroads.
  • Over
  • the
  • next
  • fifty
  • years,
  • the
  • state
  • became
  • the
  • nation's
  • railroad
  • hub,
  • with
  • Chicago
  • at
  • its
  • center.
  • Speculators,
  • greed,
  • growth,
  • and
  • regulation
  • followed
  • as
  • the
  • railroad
  • industry
  • consumed
  • unprecedented
  • amounts
  • of
  • capital
  • and
  • labor.
  • A
  • nationwide
  • market
  • resulted,
  • and
  • the
  • Windy
  • City
  • became
  • the
  • site
  • of
  • opportunities
  • and
  • challenges
  • that
  • remain
  • to
  • this
  • day.
  • In
  • this
  • first-of-its-kind
  • history,
  • full
  • of
  • entertaining
  • anecdotes
  • and
  • colorful
  • characters,
  • Simon
  • Cordery
  • describes
  • the
  • explosive
  • growth
  • of
  • Illinois
  • railroads
  • and
  • its
  • impact
  • on
  • America.
  • Cordery
  • shows
  • how
  • railroading
  • in
  • Illinois
  • influenced
  • railroad
  • financing,
  • the
  • creation
  • of
  • a
  • national
  • economy,
  • and
  • government
  • regulation
  • of
  • business.
  • Cordery's
  • masterful
  • chronicle
  • of
  • rail
  • development
  • in
  • Illinois
  • from
  • 1837
  • to
  • 2010
  • reveals
  • how
  • the
  • state's
  • expanding
  • railroads
  • became
  • the
  • foundation
  • of
  • the
  • nation's
  • rail network.
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