BLOOMER'S CUT

The cut remains to this day just as the Chinamen built it. It ought to be preserved as a National Historic Site but the railroad wants to widen it with a second line, and developers want to build a bridge across it so they can put in yet more homes. .

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

November 3rd 2019
THE BLOOMER CUT The country badly needed a transcontinental railroad to connect far flung California to the rest of the country. As usual Congress could no nothing but bicker over the route. Southerners preferred a route from New Orleans across Texas and New Mexico and on to Southern California. The Gadsden Purchase enabled that route, but the Northerners objected to it because it might ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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