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Author : John F. Bergman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615251059
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Southern San Joaquin Valley written by John F. Bergman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Signor
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ISBN 13 : 9780986048791
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (487 download)
Download or read book Southern Pacific Lines Los Angeles Division written by John R. Signor and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hank Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984684847
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book The Railroad that Lighted Southern California written by Hank Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1997-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Edison Big Creek Project, and the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad
Author : Derek R. Whaley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781508570738
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Santa Cruz Trains written by Derek R. Whaley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was an endless redwood wilderness, populated by only the hardiest of people. Then, the sudden blast of a steam whistle echoed across the canyons and the valleys-the iron horse had arrived in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Driven by the need to transport materials like lumber and lime to the rest of the world, the railroad brought people seeking out new ways of living, from the remote outposts along Bean and Zayante Creeks to the bustling towns of Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. Bridges and tunnels marked the landscape, and each new station, siding and spur signaled activity: businesses, settlements, and vacation spots. Summer resorts in the mountains evolved into sprawling residential communities which formed the backbone of the towns of the San Lorenzo Valley today. Much of the history of the locations along the route has since been forgotten. This is their story. Third Revision (February 2016) Addenda available at http://www.whaleyland.com/downloads/addenda1.3.pdf Exclusive CreateSpace Discount: Enter MU236Q6V into the coupon code field and get this book for $5.00 off! Offer only valid through CreateSpace. Review this book at GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25144919)
Author : Bruce A. MacGregor
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ISBN 13 : 9780804735506
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (355 download)
Download or read book The Birth of California Narrow Gauge written by Bruce A. MacGregor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. The topic is approached through an unusual lens: the history of the relatively small but extraordinarily inventive contracting and engineering firm of the brothers Thomas and Martin Carter. The Carters were able to reduce the cost and complexity of light railroad construction to the point where local narrow gauge lines could initially compete with the state’s notorious railroad monopolies. Pioneering a mobile manufacturing operation that could supply locally funded short lines with rolling stock (which traditionally came from East Coast manufacturers), the Carter Brothers began with a line to serve Salinas Valley wheat farmers, desperate to achieve an independent means for conveying their crops to the wharf in Monterey. The narrow gauge railroad that resulted was an act of political and economic defiance, but ultimately a hopeless assault on the "Octopus"—the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. Rallying around the example set in Monterey, a narrow gauge movement in California flourished in the mid-1870s, with the rapid launching of five more companies—the North Pacific Coast, the Santa Cruz Railroad, the Santa Cruz & Felton, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge, and the South Pacific Coast—all of which drew on the Carter Brothers for manufacturing and engineering. Soon, Thomas and Martin Carter were not only selling railroad supplies and engineering to all six short lines, but had won management positions with the strongest, the South Pacific Coast. Until personal and financial disaster overtook them in 1880, the Carters were at the forefront of not just a new business, but a new technology.
Author : Richard J. Orsi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520251644
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 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 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only major US railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific played a major role in the shaping of the West & the development of southern California in particular. 'Sunset Limited' explores the corporate strategy over time to reveal how the company saw its place in the world.
Author : Rick Hamman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book California Central Coast Railways written by Rick Hamman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. L. Waters
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Steel Trails to Santa Fe written by L. L. Waters and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry Mullaly
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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 : Tom Murray
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ISBN 13 : 9781610605090
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Southern Railway written by Tom Murray and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Seims
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Mount Lowe, the Railway in the Clouds written by Charles Seims and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Signor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933587301
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Santa Fe Los Angeles Division written by John R. Signor and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Signor
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ISBN 13 : 9780870951015
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company written by John R. Signor and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert M. Hanft
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (188 download)
Download or read book San Diego & Arizona written by Robert M. Hanft and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William B. Friedricks
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814205534
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Henry E. Huntington and the Creation of Southern California written by William B. Friedricks and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry E. Huntington, nephew and protégé of Southern Pacific Railroad magnate Collis Huntington, decided to invest his fortune in developing interurban railroads serving the Los Angeles Basin, beginning in 1898 and working through 1920. With enough capital to put railroads where he felt they would work best, he exerted considerable influence on the early growth of Southern California. He also invested in a number of other regional industries, and as an avid collector of rare books and art, he and his second wife Arabella created a notable cultural legacy as well.
Author : Roberto Ramon Lint Sagarena
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479854905
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Aztln and Arcadia written by Roberto Ramon Lint Sagarena and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the Mexican-American War, competing narratives of religious conquest and re-conquest were employed by Anglo American and ethnic Mexican Californians to make sense of their place in North America. These "invented traditions" had a profound impact on North American religious and ethnic relations, serving to bring elements of Catholic history within the Protestant fold of the United States' national history as well as playing an integral role in the emergence of the early Chicano/a movement. Many Protestant Anglo Americans understood their settlement in the far Southwest as following in the footsteps of the colonial project begun by Catholic Spanish missionaries. In contrast, Californios--Mexican-Americans and Chicana/os--stressed deep connections to a pre-Columbian past over to their own Spanish heritage. Thus, as Anglo Americans fashioned themselves as the spiritual heirs to the Spanish frontier, many ethnic Mexicans came to see themselves as the spiritual heirs to a southwestern Aztec homeland.
Author : James Miller Guinn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the State of California and Biographical Record to Oakland and Environs written by James Miller Guinn and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
