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 Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa for the Enforcement of the Law of Congress Fixing the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa for the Enforcement of the Law of Congress Fixing the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad March 4 1872 Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Opinion Upon the Question where in Law the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad Must be written by James Mills Woolworth and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Union Pacific Railroad written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad written by Iowa. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Locating the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad written by Harry Irvin Hornby and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congressional Law Concerning the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Union Pacific Railroad Company Pamphlets written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of reports, acts, and documents regarding preliminary and early discussions of the transcontinental railroad, including geological and other surveys in the west but especially the location of the eastern terminus at Omaha.
Download or read book History of the Union Pacific railroad written by Union Pacific railroad company and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 2015 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issued by the Union Pacific railroad on the occasion of the celebration at Ogden, Utah, May 10th, 1919, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike
Download or read book Resolution to Inquire Into Alleged Change of Eastern Terminus of Union Pacific Railroad Company written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Download or read book The Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division Or Kansas Pacific Railway written by Kansas Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When Railroads Were New written by Charles Frederick Carter and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division Or Kansas Pacific Railway Importance of Its Route to All Sections of the Country Petition of Sixty Railroad Presidents Memorials of Boards of Trade resolutions of State Legislatures Conventions Etc written by Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom and necessity of aiding the Kansas Pacific Railway throuth New Mexico and Arizona, by the general route of the 35th parallel, to the Pacific Coast ...
Download or read book Union Pacific Railroad Supplemental Report of the Consulting Engineer written by Union Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 16 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.
