Download or read book The First Transcontinental Railroad written by James K. Wheaton and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Transcontinental Railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad, was a railroad built in the United States between 1863 and 1869 that connected the western part of America with its eastern part. Built by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad, it connected the Eastern terminus of Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska with the railroad lines of the Pacific Ocean at Oakland, California. In time, it would link in with the existing railway network present on the Eastern Coast of America, thus connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coast of the United States for the first time by rail. Because of this, the line received a second nickname, “the Overland Route.” The railroad was a government operation, authorized by Congress during the height of the Civil War. Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Acts in 1862 and again in 1864. To pay for it, the US government issued 30 year bonds, as well as granting government land to contractors. The construction of the line was a major achievement by both the Union Pacific (constructing westward from Iowa) and the Central Pacific (constructing eastward from California). The line was officially opened on May 10, 1869, with the Last Spike driven through the railway at Promontory Summit, Utah. James K. Wheaton looks at the history in this eBook.
Download or read book Union Pacific Railroad written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and description of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Download or read book Riding the Transcontinental Rails written by Bruce C. Cooper and published by Polyglot PressInc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Project for a Railroad to the Pacific written by Asa Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How We Built the Union Pacific Railway written by Grenville M. Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Union Pacific Railroad written by Richard Billingsley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of photographs of the United States' most famous railway - Union Pacific Railroad, an American icon.
Download or read book The History of the Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne written by Robert Darwin and published by Express PressLtd. This book was released on 1987 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Mile Day written by Mary Ann Fraser and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
Download or read book Northwestern Pacific Railroad written by Fred Codoni and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northwestern Pacific Railroad--the Redwood Empire Route--once stretched its shining track from Humboldt Bay to San Francisco Bay. Created by the amalgamation of 42 different companies, the North Coast railroad network ranged from the Sonoma Prismoidal, an early wooden monorail, to broad-gauge logging lines built to be hauled by horses. In between were the two-foot Sonoma Magnesite Railroad, the narrow-gauge North Pacific Coast, and standard-gauge lines. Determining the route of major highways, this versatile transportation system also incorporated electric interurbans, ferry steamboats, sternwheel riverboats, tugs, car f loats, and unusual connectors like funiculars and scenic tourist railways. From the time of its formation in 1907 until the 1970s, Northwestern Pacific trains and boats were loaded with passengers and freight.
Download or read book The First Transcontinental Railroad written by James K Wheaton and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Union Pacific Railway written by Henry Kirke White and published by Chicago, University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1895 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress of the Union Pacific Railroad West from Omaha Nebraska Across the Continent written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas written by David M. Bernstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River, Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people, building materials, and livestock. The railroad fueled Texass economy by moving oil, timber, agricultural commodities, coal, automobiles, petrochemicals, cement, steel, consumer goods, and myriad other products. It hauled the marble that built the state capitol in Austin and the materials to build the massive seawall in Galveston. Southern Pacific also played an important role in developing the ports of Beaumont, Galveston, Houston, and Corpus Christi. This book is a photographic record of Southern Pacific in eastern Texas during the 50-year period following World War II to the 1996 merger with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Download or read book Answer to the Central Pacific Railroad Company Submitted by Leland Stanford President at San Francisco Cal July 28th and 29th 1887 written by Central Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Northern Pacific Railroad written by Eugene Virgil Smalley and published by New York : Putnam. This book was released on 1883 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relations Between the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the United States Government written by Central Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Northern Pacific Railroad written by Northern Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
