19th-century Regional Writing in the United States
RAILROAD ADS
Above: a refined woman on vacation is enticed by Lackawanna Railroad...
Below: a map for tourists (complete with pictures of attractions)
distributed by Union Pacific
Union Pacific also mapped the Denver to San Francisco route for tourists...
Kansas Pacific Railway lures tourists with
Colorado's canyons, crags and streams (late 1870's)
"The most picturesque Route to all White Mountain Resorts"...
The Old Colony Railroad served Cape Cod and New Bedford as early as 1845
"Nineteenth-century Regional Writing in the United States" is the work of Dottie Webb. For suggestions, complaints, cattle-rustling schemes or gossiping over the fence in neighborly fashion, send e-correspondence to at148@traverse.lib.mi.us
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This document was last modified 5/14/97.