State Historical Society of Iowa

Excerpt from "Getting Away From It All" Essay from The Goldfinch, November 1983

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Courtesy of State Historical Society of Iowa, "Getting Away From It All," The Goldfinch, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 15, November 1983

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This essay from The Goldfinch describes Carrie Carson's perspective of traveling by railroad in Iowa in 1893.

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Source-Dependent Questions

  • What was Carrie Carson's perspective of traveling by train in Iowa in 1893?
  • What evidence in this excerpt helps answer the supporting question, "How did the changes in communication and transportation affect people's lives?"