Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Nothing Like It In the World
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, 1869-1969
Author: Roy C. Beaver
Publisher: San Marino, Calif : Golden West Books
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: San Marino, Calif : Golden West Books
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893
Author: Julius Grodinsky
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 151280231X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 151280231X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The First Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
Author: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The First Transcontinental Railroad
Author: James K. Wheaton
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1610427610
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
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.
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1610427610
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
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.
Railroad 1869
Author: Eugene Arundel Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972851138
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Building the Union Pacific was a time for egos and opportunists, but their monumental effort helped span the continent.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972851138
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Building the Union Pacific was a time for egos and opportunists, but their monumental effort helped span the continent.
Empire Express
Author: David Haward Bain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101658045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101658045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.
Ten Mile Day
Author: Mary Ann Fraser
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 1250131243
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 1250131243
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
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.
Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Author: Gordon H. Chang
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
Railroad 1869
Author: Eugene Arundel Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972851183
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972851183
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description