Lecture 4 - railroads change NM
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tracks first enter nm in | 1878 |
| Railroad company? | Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad company |
| Firrst train comes to albuquerue in | april of 1880 |
| Because of railroads | new towns arise old towns change and die off new trade arries nm products shiped to national markets |
| newcomers = farmers | settle on eastern plains - sought land - through homesteads |
| homesteads???q | 160 acres $10 fee work improve land over 5 years |
| Foreigners entering nm come from | italy and lebanon - become merchants in nm |
| asthma - tuberculosis | come for clean dry air - no polution, no humidity |
| harvey houses | Fred Harvey - engilshman from age 15 good food fast service nice women |
| harvey girls - 17.50 a month | free room and board 10 curfew 1 year no marriage contract promoted american southwest native art and civilized west |
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