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Communications:
The transcontinental railroad stimulated communication. As rails reached into the wilderness, telegraph lines were strung alongside. Stage companies thrived as freight and passengers were transported from end of track into the interior. Slowly the frontier was opening to settlement.
Upon the transcontinental's completion, branch lines turned [???] out to newly-established communities. A telegraph network developed. Mail delivery was improved. Under the momentum two more transcontinentals were built, and by the 1890s the frontier had vanished. |