Meat Then and Now: A historical overview of the importance of meat, livestock and railroads in the westward expansion of the United State

＂Livestock, meat and railroads were integral to the settlement and founding of the United States. Livestock were imported for food, other products and as power for pulling wagons and farm implements. An entire industry had to be developed to slaughter and process the meat for the nation’s citizens. Railroads provided the most efficient means of transportation for both livestock and meat in the rapidly growing nation of the 1800s and early 1900s. Extensive histories of meat companies are included＂--