How the Soo Line Railroad Put Oklee on the Map

To my surprise, how did our ancestors find the way to Oakleigh, Minnesota? There are no roads, cars, railways. People from France, Norway, Sweden and other European countries flocked to the east coast as they flocked to our country. As it gets crowded, they move westward in the waterways and rivers. Most of the land is still wild. Many people settled in the Red River Valley along the Red River through the Mississippi River and the Red River. In order to promote inland growth, the "Homestead Act" was launched.

Two railroads of Minneapolis, Sao Paulo, Sault Saint Marie first went east to west from the upper peninsula. The Mary railway, which is informally known as a Sule Line, moves from Susent to the West. Mary is mostly on the shore of Lake Michigan, Duluth, South Bank, Atlantic Railway extends west from Saint Ignacio, and is roughly along the bank of Lake Superior. In 1960, the two railroads were merged into the Super Line train, which is the US branch of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The Siou line of the Upper Peninsula was acquired by the Wisconsin Central Railway in 1987. In 1997, in the center of Wisconsin, former railroads in Chicago and Northwest were bought from Union Train to enter the Upper Peninsula from Wisconsin State. In 2001, Canadian National Railways purchased the Wisconsin Center. The Canadian army now operates most of the remaining railway tracks on the peninsula.

In 1849, Whitney announced a booklet advertising his plan entitled "Railway to the Pacific Project". Along with a white map of North America, his railroad was visible from Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin through Rocky Mountains north of South Pas. Another route on the south side of the path connects the main line of the Salmon River and continues to Puget Sound. This route extends from St. Louis to San Francisco, Missouri, New Mexico, and the Arkansas River. This is one of the earliest propaganda maps submitted to Congress, according to its author, it was invented as early as 1830.

When the railroad company needed to decide where to build a new railroad, many problems were analyzed. Students read the transcontinental railroad by specializing "railroad history and maps" and then list the geographical, economic, political and social factors that influence the selection of the first transcontinental railroad route can do. In addition, we can discuss the various goals people are trying to achieve through transcontinental railroads. For example, Abraham Lincoln regards the transcontinental railway as a way to unite east and west into a single country, but the architect Theodore D. Judah promised wealth and fame and motivated joint investment. It is a person. In studying the best route, the government appointed Jefferson Davis Minister to investigate possible routes to the Pacific in 1853. Why did the Minister of War pick this job? What is his goal?