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Alliance

By Arcadia Publishing
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By Arcadia Publishing
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A fascinating look at the industrialization of America, through railroad expansion, in the small Ohio town of Alliance. Includes archival photography and images.

According to local history, General Robinson, a railroad official from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, named this Ohio town Alliancein 1850. Known for a short time as The Crossing, Robinson believed that Alliance was a better name since the nation's two major railroads intersected here.

The name stuck, and in 1854, the communities of Willi...

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HistoryUnited States HistoryUnited States History - Midwestern RegionMidwestern Region - History - General & Miscellaneous