In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would cross the whole country, joining the rich new state of California to the East. A brilliant young railroad engineer and his artist wife were determined to keep the railroad out of the hands of the slave powers.
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In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would cross the whole country, joining the rich new state of California to the East. A brilliant young railroad engineer and his artist wife were determined to keep the railroad out of the hands of the slave powers.