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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Community Dreams: Santa Cruz, California 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how connecting Santa Cruz, California to the national railroad network in the late 1800s helped the town prosper and change.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Lives on the Railroad: Salisbury, North Carolina 1927

For Students 9th - 10th
Replica of the Salisbury, North Carolina railway station teaches about riding and working on the railroad in the 1920s when railroads were a central part of American life. Railroad lines crisscrossed the country. They carried people,...