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By 18 74 5 railroads had spread across the Iowa countryside. Distant farms and small towns were now connected by miles of timber and steel track, bringing with it new jobs, new products and new markets for harvests and livestock. For a curious and enterprising birdie Hoover, the railroad tracks east of Downing Street brought something else a fascination with geology. In his memoirs, published in 1951 Herbert Hoover wrote, I have mentioned the Burlington track. It was inspiring place. It was balanced ID with glacial gravels whereby hard search you discovered gems of maggot and fossil coral, which could, with infinite backaches, be polished on the grindstone. Their fine points came a wonderfully when wet, and you had to lick them with your tongue. Before each exhibit, the railroad no longer rumbles through West Branch, but a few of those semi precious rocks may still be found on the tracks that once inspired and encouraged the dreams of a future president