Why were people so happy with the railroad tracks in oklahoma?

Question

Why were people so happy with the railroad tracks in oklahoma?

Answer 1

Historically, they needed the tracks to open the state for trade and commerce. Try this site:

http://www.oklahomarail.org/aboutOklahom...

or:http://www.freightrailworks.org/states/O...

Answer 2

The railroad tracks to a territory literally meant that people were no longer lilving in wilderness and it truly brought civilization to them.

A housewife in Oklahoma now had access to household goods only dreamed of before, a farmer could sell his cattle at markets in Chicago.

People could travel to anywhere in the U.S. in days or weeks instead of months.

Railroads brought more people so bankers were happy, real estate people had more business, companies could get heavy equipment that they could not have before the RR.