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Total Pages : 140 pages
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Download or read book Railroads in California and the Far West written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book California History written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William D Middleton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253027993
Total Pages : 1295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroads written by William D Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 1295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry's development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
Author : Christine Zuchora-Walske
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 168077672X
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Transcontinental Railroad written by Christine Zuchora-Walske and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when the United States could not expand fast enough, railroads became essential for the country to grow.The Transcontinental Railroadnarrates the race to build rail lines into the West for money, land, and fame. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, maps, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Rodman Wilson Paul
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060158361
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (583 download)
Download or read book The Far West and the Great Plains in Transition, 1859-1900 written by Rodman Wilson Paul and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, his final work, Rodman W. Paul explores the settlement of the American West in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Lured by stories of open spaces, fertile farming, & grazing lands & by the attraction of gold & silver, people from many nations traveled westward by the thousands. Early migrants rode in stagecoaches & Conestoga wagons; their successors, on the transcontinental railroads, which linked western cities with their eastern counterparts. This comprehensive history describes not only population movement & mining development but also banking, farming, ranching, & other economic ventures. In a new foreword, Martin Ridge places Paul's history in the context of contemporary scholarship. "Paul has given us an authoritative, indeed a brilliant, history of the Far West & the Great Plains as he saw it, through the lens of miners, businessmen, & immigrants." - JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Rodman W. Paul was Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena & the foremost historian of mining in the West. Among his many books are CALIFORNIA GOLD, MINING FRONTIERS OF THE FAR WEST, 1848-1880, & THE FRONTIER & THE AMERICAN WEST. Martin Ridge, who originally saw Paul's work through the press, is also a Professor of History at the California Institute of Technology & the author of WESTWARD EXPANSION: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.
Author : P. R. Griswold
Publisher : American Traveler Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558381216
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Railroads of California written by P. R. Griswold and published by American Traveler Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California offers travellers a gold mine of railroad points of interest. California has it all: narrow gauge, logging railroads, cable cars, trolleys, interurbans, light rail, main line limiteds, model railroads, historic depots, museums, tourist railroads, and mountain passes. California railroads began in the dark days of the Civil War. Californians have developed numerous railroad museums and tourist railroads that recall the state's wonderful railroad history, making this a true rail fans paradise.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743203173
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
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.
Author : Fisk And Hatch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656787944
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Railroad Communication With the Pacific, With an Account of the Central Pacific Railroad of California written by Fisk And Hatch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroad Communication With the Pacific, With an Account of the Central Pacific Railroad of California: The Character of the Work, Its Progress, Resources Earnings and Future Prospects, and the Advantage of Its First Mortgage Bonds The first practical step towards building a railroad across the Continent, was the introduction of a bill into the United States Senate by Colonel Ben ton, in February, 1848, providing for the location and construction of a Cen tral National Road from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean - to be an iron railway where practicable - and providing for the application of the larger portion of the proceeds of sales of public lands to defray the expense. The terms of the proposal show that a very inadequate idea of the future greatness of the Far West was then entertained, but even this project received no active support. At that time there were no railroads west of the Missis sippi-none, in fact, had reached it from the east - and the Erie Railroad was not completed. In 1850, under the patronage of the State of Missouri, a company was organized, and a railroad projected from St. Louis along the south bank of the Missouri to the western boundary of the State. The work progressed but slowly after the State ceased to advance the moneyed aid, and, in 1855, had reached Jefferson City, the capital of the State, about mid. Way across it. In 1860, the outbreak of the War found it halted at Sedalia, about sixty-five miles from the Kansas line. 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.
Author : Richard J. Orsi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520940865
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Sunset Limited written by Richard J. Orsi and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, Sunset Limited explores the railroad's development and influence—especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment—and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West. Based on his unprecedented and extensive research into the company's historical archives, Richard Orsi finds that, contrary to conventional understanding, the Southern Pacific Company identified its corporate well-being with population growth and social and economic development in the railroad's hinterland. As he traces the complex and shifting intersections between corporate and public interest, Orsi documents the railroad's little-known promotion of land distribution, small-scale farming, scientific agriculture, and less wasteful environmental practices and policies—including water conservation and wilderness and recreational parklands preservation. Meticulously researched, lucidly written, and judiciously balanced, Sunset Limited opens a new window onto the American West in a crucial phase of its development and will forever change our perceptions of one of the largest and most important western corporations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author : Richard Steinheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book California State Railroad Museum written by Richard Steinheimer and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Deverell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520205057
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Railroad Crossing written by William Deverell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deverell's book will immediately become the one to reckon with in the future historiography of the railroad in California."—R. Hal Williams, Southern Methodist University
Author : Cy Warman
Publisher : New York : D. Appleton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Railroad written by Cy Warman and published by New York : D. Appleton. This book was released on 1898 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Railroad Commission of the State of California. Transportation Department. Engineering Division
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroad Freight Operations in California written by Railroad Commission of the State of California. Transportation Department. Engineering Division and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Full Steam Ahead written by Rhoda Blumberg and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Influenced both by the Gold Rush and the Civil War, America came to realize that a link to the far West was vital. In the mid-1800s, the Union Pacific railroad company, along with their rival, the Central Pacific company, raced to cover the most ground before meeting at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869. Blumberg vividly evokes the people, places, danger and perseverance surrounding an American milestone. Over 70 period illus. Young Adult.
Author : Larry Mullaly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870951183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, 1873-1996 written by Larry Mullaly and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the fascinating story of how steel rails transformed an isolated ranching and agricultural center into the West's greatest city. An unforgettable walk through time recaptures the West's most powerful railroad.
Author : Jack Russell Wagner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Short Line Junction written by Jack Russell Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of seven of the most picturesque little railroads in California and Nevada.
Author : Alison Rose Jefferson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496229061
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Living the California Dream written by Alison Rose Jefferson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era.
