Improved acreage increase 1850-1860.

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This is the impact that the railroads were having on Illinois and Wisconsin. This is an excellent map by Richmond.edu.
http://cbssports.com/
http://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/145/d/
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This same affect was possible in Texas, or in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and southeast South Dakota.
Who was going to get that boost? Council Bluffs or Jackson/Vicksburg/Monroe, LA, Shreveport, LA and Marshall, TX?
 
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