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In paragraph 5, why does the author include the information that 89 logging railroads crisscrossed Michigan by 1887? A. To argue that Michigan had replaced other Great Lakes states as the center of the lumbering industry B. To provide evidence of the growing importance of logging railroads to the lumbering industry C. To support the claim that Michigan winters had become more severe in the late 1800s than they had been earlier D. To challenge the idea that climate discouraged the laying of track