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Chinese Rr Workers, Monterey, Ca
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.
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Chinamen on a Handcar in California
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.
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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Indian Policies
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section briefly explains how Commissioner George W. Manypenny visited native tribes in 1853 in order to negotiate treaties that would take away their land so...
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Great Northern Historical Society: Great Northern History
Read about the Great Northern Railway, a rail line conceived of and built by James J. Hill. Find out how Hill built his rail business by encouraging settlement along the rail line.
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Literature Learning Ladders: Laurence Yep "Dragon's Gate"
This site offers an overview of Lawrence Yep's "Dragon's Gate." Includes resource links but only a few work in the archived version of the site.
Harp Week
Harpweek: The American West: Buffalo Hunting
An engraving and short article about "sport" hunting of buffalo from an 1867 Harper's Weekly magazine.
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Leland Stanford.
This chapter from "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway contains biographies of the important men who conceived of the railroad, found funds for the line, and engineered the contruction.
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Leland Stanford Signature. Courtesy Johns Western Gallery.
This chapter from "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway contains biographies of the important men who conceived of the railroad, found funds for the line, and engineered the contruction.
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Charles Crocker.
This chapter from "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway contains biographies of the important men who conceived of the railroad, found funds for the line, and engineered the contruction.
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Charles Crocker Autograph.
This chapter from "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway contains biographies of the important men who conceived of the railroad, found funds for the line, and engineered the contruction.
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Charles Crocker Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco
This chapter from "The First Transcontinental Railroad" by John Debo Galloway contains biographies of the important men who conceived of the railroad, found funds for the line, and engineered the contruction.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The New West, 1889 1912
A map of the western United States showing the rapid growth of the New West between 1885 and 1912 during the presidencies from Benjamin Harrison to Howard Taft. The map is color-coded to show the States admitted to the Union before the...
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Photo of Collis P. Huntington
This site from the Museum of the City of San Francisco provides an overview of the completion of the transcontinental railroad project from a 1925 publication.
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Albert D. Richardson
Contains a series of letters published in May and June, 1869, in the "New York Tribune" written by Albert D. Richardson, one of the first people to travel on the transcontinental railroad from coast to coast.
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Bradley & Rolofson
Contains a series of letters published in May and June, 1869, in the "New York Tribune" written by Albert D. Richardson, one of the first people to travel on the transcontinental railroad from coast to coast.
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Colfax Party Cdv. Courtesy Bill S. Lee.
Contains a series of letters published in May and June, 1869, in the "New York Tribune" written by Albert D. Richardson, one of the first people to travel on the transcontinental railroad from coast to coast.
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Golden Spike at the Stanford University Museum
In-depth look at the ceremony at Promontory Point upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The author discusses the preparation for the ceremony, the use of four ceremonial spikes, and what became of them. From an article in...
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Miniature Gold Spike Souvenir Presented by David Hewes to Benjamin Cox
In-depth look at the ceremony at Promontory Point upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The author discusses the preparation for the ceremony, the use of four ceremonial spikes, and what became of them. From an article in...
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Mormons
A chapter from John J. Stewart's "The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike" about Utah and the transcontinental railroad.
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Mormons
A chapter from John J. Stewart's "The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike" about Utah and the transcontinental railroad.
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The Story of the Canadian Pacific Railway (Pdf) [Pdf]
This site has an excellent 24-page children's booklet on the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway.