Railroads

Any person looking for a better life needs to get on the next boat to the United States of America. There are great opportunities to build a nation from the ground up. The Civil War is long over now, and Reconstruction is in full swing. This means railroads, factories and cities. The factories and cities are tremendous sources of urban employment, and workers are finding no end of great opportunities in dozens of growing cities.

For those interested in the rural life, the United States has untold acres of land just waiting to be farmed. It's not like in Europe, where all the land is owned and the people working on the land earn just enough to survive. In America, every farmer owns his own land, and lots of it. Land is cheap, and any enterprising man and his family can start a new life with land, crops and...
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