After the Civil War, many northerners began to promote the west, they wanted to advise people that there was scientific evidence that rain follows the plow. These promoters began promoting these images in magazines and writing articles to address that the west would soon be known as "The Garden of America." People began to pack up all they had and moved to the west in hopes of providing for their families. It was a time of desperation for many Americans, newly freed Africa-Americans thought it would be a great opportunity to move out to the west. Corporations began to move west as well, the development of agribusiness began. Many corporations began to increase wildly across the west. The railroad development began to take hold as well. The