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The Day the Steel Rails Reached Tucson

by | Nov 24, 2017 | True West Blog

Tucson Railway 1880's True West
The building of the transcontinental railroad along the 32nd Parallel was a major milestone in Arizona history. Up to then the main means of transportation to bring people and supplies into the central part of the vast territory was by stagecoach or wagon. So naturally there was cause for great celebration in Tucson on March 20th, 1880 when the Southern Pacific rolled into town marking the end of


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