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The following is a brief history of the North American rail system, mainly through major changes to Class I railroads, the largest class by operating revenue.
In 1887, Robert A. Long and Victor Bell formed the Long-Bell Lumber Company in Columbus, Kansas. The Long-Bell Lumber Company branched out using balanced vertical integration to control all aspects of lumber from the sawmills to the retail lumber yard. As the company expanded it moved further south and eventually had holdings in Arkansas, Oklahoma Indian Territory, and Louisiana, before heading west to Washington.
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- ↑ "Life in a Logging Camp" . Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ↑ "Geographic Names Information System". August 31, 1992. Retrieved 2022-03-19. (GNIS 544771, 30.5599208, -93.2012698)
- ↑ "Fulton, La" . Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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