Download or read book The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 Classic Reprint written by Wm Prescott Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 The author of this record of the Great Railroad Celebrations of 1857, formed one Of the army of participants in the celebration of the Opening of' The American Central Railroad Line, from Baltimore, Maryland, continuously to St. Louis, Missouri, in June, 1857, and through his Official connection with one of the Railroad Companies, was cognizant of the interesting proceedings attending the return Visit of the Western guests from St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chillicothe, and other cities, to Baltimore and its vicinity in the following month of July, 1857. By the Great National Route. Looking upon these events - which marked the completion of the shortest and most direct line Of communication between the Atlantic seaboard and the great centres Of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys - as Of transcending importance, whilst the inter change of social courtesies between the people Of a widely extended section-of country was of a marked and impressive character, he proposes to put upon record a detailed account of these celebrations, and a brief general history of the several enterprises which together constitute the line in question. In ful filling this agreeable task it has been his constant effort to make the book an agreeable as well as a useful addition to the Railroad literature of the day - to present to those who took part in these celebrative ceremonies an interesting daguerreotype, recalling to their memories scenes in which all participated with so much pleasure, and at the same time to preserve in appropriate con nection therewith the important facts belonging to the inception, progress, com pletion and operation of the links of the great chain of railroads which, running nearly on one parallel Of latitude, reach from the 76th to the 9otb degree of longitude, - constituting the back bone of our railroad system, and vertebrated with an infinity Of connections which penetrate and unite to it, and with one another, the congeries of States lying West of the Atlantic and East of the Rocky Mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 First Edition written by William Prescott SMITH and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 Embracing a Full Account of the Opening of the Ohio Mississippi and the Marietta Cincinnati Railroads and the Northwestern Virginia Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with an Account of written by W P 1822?-1872 Smith and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857 Embracing a Full Account of the Opening of the Ohio and Mississippi and the Marietta and Cincinnati R written by HardPress and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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Download or read book Crossroads of a Continent written by Peter A. Hansen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4, 1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began construction in St. Louis, the city took its first step to becoming a major hub for railroads. By the 1920s, the state was crisscrossed with railways reaching toward all points of the compass. Authors Peter A. Hansen, Don L. Hofsommer, and Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes explore the history of Missouri railroads through personal, absorbing tales of the cutthroat competition between cities and between railroads that meant the difference between prosperity and obscurity, the ambitions and dreams of visionaries Fred Harvey and Arthur Stilwell, and the country's excitement over the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color images of historical railway ephemera, Crossroads of a Continent is an engaging history of key American railroads and of Missouri's critical contribution to the American story.

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