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Author : Asa Whitney
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Project for a Railroad to the Pacific written by Asa Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Louise Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Asa Whitney and His Pacific Railroad Publicity Campaign written by Margaret Louise Brown and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vera Wrigglesworth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Asa Whitney & His Pacific Railway Project written by Vera Wrigglesworth and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael V. Uschan
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1420503030
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Transcontinental Railroad written by Michael V. Uschan and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-05-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorful and easy-to-read volume presents background of the Transcontinental railroad, including the increasing demand for land and the partnership between government and wealthy individuals. It tells the tale of how more than 1,700 miles of track were built through mountains and deserts by using mere shovels and picks. The book explains the impact of the railroad on the nation's settlement and how Native Americans lost their land to white homesteaders. Readers will learn about the technical challenges and huge scale of the task overcome by the hard labor of thousands of workers to connect the nation across itself.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James K. Wheaton
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1610427610
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
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.
Author : Charles Frederick Carter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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:
Author : David Haward Bain
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101658045
Total Pages : 1432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Empire Express written by David Haward Bain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 1432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Calvin Colton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A Lecture on the Railroad to the Pacific written by Calvin Colton and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Patterson Davis
Publisher : Chicago, S. C. Griggs
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Union Pacific Railway written by John Patterson Davis and published by Chicago, S. C. Griggs. This book was released on 1894 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Union Pacific Railway: A Study in Railway Politics, History, and Economics The work of the student of history has heretofore been confined almost wholly to the political, religious and liter ary development of peoples; their industrial development has been subjected to inexcusable neglect. Yet the pillars of the dominance of the anglo-saxon race are its superior industrial attributes. What a people accomplishes industrially and how it accomplishes it. Go far to determine how it will be governed, what it will think and feel, and what it will write. The freedom of the individual that was the product of the eighteenth century has been more emphatically man ifested in the field of industry than in any other field of human activity. The growth of constitutional government in England is easily traced to the want of harmony be tween the Old political status and the newly developed indus trial status of English society. The increasing tendency to submit international disputes to arbitration is attributable not so much to a more enlightened repugnance to warfare as to the mere human fear of destruction of wealth and interfer ence with industries occasioned by it. The Annapolis Con vention had its origin in the desire of the American states TO consider how far a uniform system in their commer Cial relations might be necessary to their common inter ests. The slavery question was largely an industrial ques tion, and its solution was industrial, not political or moral. 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 : Therese Harasymiw
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534561374
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Transcontinental Railroad written by Therese Harasymiw and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers may know the basic facts about the creation of the first transcontinental railroad, but the full story behind the push to connect the United States by rail is much more than the names and dates taught in history classes. Readers discover the exciting, important details—including the contributions of immigrants—as they encounter engaging main text, comprehensive sidebars, and historical images that include carefully chosen primary sources. These text features come together to give readers an in-depth look at the first successful attempt to connect the United States through transportation.
Author : Adele Nathan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Buildign of the First Transcontinental Railroad written by Adele Nathan and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Leslie Albright
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albright and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress and business desired transcontinental routes to the Pacific coast to facilitate access to the opulent commerce of the Far East. Albright described the three main routes: extreme north, central, and extreme south and their explorers.
Author : John Debo Galloway
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The First Transcontinental Railroad written by John Debo Galloway and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Whitney Rice
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pacific Railroad Commission written by William Whitney Rice and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gouverneur Kemble Warren
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Geographical Surveys in the United States written by Gouverneur Kemble Warren and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
