Railroad Challenges
Mississippi River From Pike's Peak
Riverboat in Muscatine, 1883
Riverboat Passes Through Dubuque, 1959
Train on Trestle, Preston 
Train Crosses Viaduct at Boone
Majestic Riverboat Reigned on the Mississippi
Passenger Train
Steam Train Crossing Bridge 2004
Railroad Map of Iowa, 1881
Steam Train
Railroad Tracks Across Iowa
Majestic Riverboat Reigned on the Mississippi
Time Frame: early to mid-19th century
Steamboats reigned on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in the early to mid-19th century. But steamboat travel ended as the lumber industry diminished and railroads came to dominate transportation.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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