11. The Houston and Texas Central Railway became the first railroad through the county around 1870. 12. The ICC indirectly controlled the business activities of the railroads through issuance of extensive regulations. 13. Ellsworth was influential in bringing the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad through Greenville. 14. The construction of railroads through Ohio bypassed Providence and drew off traffic from the canal. 15. It is therefore ill-placed to justify its attempts to railroad through its own preferences. 16. The first railroad through Sylacauga was the Anniston and Atlantic Railroad on December 1, 1886. 17. In 1849, construction of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad through Glen Ellyn was finished. 18. Garner got its start with the coming of the railroad through the area beginning in 1847. 19. The town of Powell had its start in the building of the railroad through that territory. 20. Okaton had its start in 1906 by the building of the Milwaukee Railroad through that territory.
