The Willie and Martin Companies were
A) two groups of Mormon "handcarters" who were stranded when early winter storms interrupted their migration.
B) two work teams that were instrumental in completing the first transcontinental railroad.
C) the northern and southern branches, respectively, of the Granger organization.
D) two railroad construction companies that were found to have "insiders" on the boards of railroad companies with which they contracted.
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