1) Heading: Huffard, R. Scott, Jr. “Infected Rails: Yellow Fever and Southern Railroads” The Journal of Southern History, 79 (February 2013): 79-112.
2) Author’s Purpose: The author wrote this article to show how the growth of railroads in the south after the Civil War fostered the spread of the yellow fever across the south, specifically through Mississippi, in 1878, and Florida, in 1888. The author also shows how devastating the yellow fever was and how the people of the south reacted to it. The expansion of railroads was not without its challenges.
3) Summary: Starting in the 1820’s railroads quickly spread across the south, connecting isolated regions and giving them access to fast travel, improved trading abilities, and economic development.
2) Author’s Purpose: The author wrote this article to show how the growth of railroads in the south after the Civil War fostered the spread of the yellow fever across the south, specifically through Mississippi, in 1878, and Florida, in 1888. The author also shows how devastating the yellow fever was and how the people of the south reacted to it. The expansion of railroads was not without its challenges.
3) Summary: Starting in the 1820’s railroads quickly spread across the south, connecting isolated regions and giving them access to fast travel, improved trading abilities, and economic development.