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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the role of townsite agents who, in addition to helping plan a town, acted as 'information brokers' to advise would-be merchants of the suitability of a town for their types of businesses. Other officials sought immigrants of a different type to become farmers.
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