Montana Research Paper

The clouds hovered over the train creating a barrier of security from the outer world. The wake of the river created ripples forming the ice around the iciclistic trees. The rails of the track whined around the curve creating a sparkle from the peeking sun. You could look out the window to see this along with Indians and wild game creating adventures while traveling. Bringing the railroad to Montana formed it into what it is today. While Montana may have not been a state yet, the railroad brought people to and from places quickly, but it also took a lot of work into shaping the future Montana.

The history of the Railroad and how it got to Montana shaped how it is today. The people working on the railroad were not just anybody but a select
In the heart of Montana, ranchers and miners dreamed of having railroads going through Montana hoping it would bring life in. In fact more than likely it would, “Bring them instant prosperity and the promise of continued growth.” (montanakids.com) Without the railroad Montana would just be a place to dig for gold and for lots of land resulting in no reason to continue its growth since gold died down along with the open range, but with the railroad people would be traveling more because of the faster time. Not only did bringing promise and prosperity bring Montana to being a state, but the national parks did too. In the mountains of Montana, remote buildings filled with plumbing and fancy dining set up two beautiful places to have national parks. In fact these two national parks became parks because of the railroad.(Montana: Stories of the Land) Without the railroad coming and finding these places to have the parks Montana may have never became a state because it would have nothing to live up to making nothing special about it. Without the railroad Montana may have never became a state and still would have been a territory, but with the addition of National parks from the railroad it became a