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Author : Rose Houk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780911408867
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Golden Spike National Historic Site written by Rose Houk and published by . This book was released on 1990-05-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert R. Dowty
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
ISBN 13 : 9781877856433
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (564 download)
Download or read book Rebirth of the Jupiter and the 119 written by Robert R. Dowty and published by Western National Parks Association. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dowty, master mechanic for the locomotives at Golden Spike National Historic Site, recounts the painstaking, five-year process of recreating the steam locomotives that met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 for the ceremony marking completion of America's first transcontinental railroad. Dozens of duotone photos document the project.
Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 0756549914
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (565 download)
Download or read book The Golden Spike written by Don Nardo and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chronicles the historic meeting of two railroad lines in 1869 that linked the U.S. transcontinental railroad and Andrew J. Russell's famous photograph of the event"--
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.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Golden Spike National Historic Site; General Management Plan (GMP), Environmental Assessment (EA) B1; General Management Plan (GMP), Environmental Review (1976) B2; Draft General Management Plan (GMP) (1978) B3; General Management Plan (GMP) (1978) written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucius Beebe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Central Pacific & the Southern Pacific Railroads written by Lucius Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hoyt Williams
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803297890
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book A Great and Shining Road written by John Hoyt Williams and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the Sierras and the “Great American Desert,” the tracks connected San Francisco to Council Bluffs, Iowa. A Great and Shining Road is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneurial daring, financial wizardry, technological innovation, political courage and chicanery, and the heroism of thousands of laborers.
Author : Barry Mackintosh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book The National Parks written by Barry Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Jackson Turner
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book History of the Frontier written by Frederick Jackson Turner and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Frontier is a collection of works related to the history of American colonization of Wild West. Turner expresses his views on how the idea of the frontier shaped the American being and characteristics. He writes how the frontier drove American history and why America is what it is today. Turner reflects on the past to illustrate his point by noting human fascination with the frontier and how expansion to the American West changed people's views on their culture. Contents: The Significance of the Frontier in American History The First Official Frontier of the Massachusetts Bay The Old West The Middle West The Ohio Valley in American History The Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History The Problem of the West Dominant Forces in Western Life Contributions of the West to American Democracy Pioneer Ideals and the State University The West and American Ideals Social Forces in American History Middle Western Pioneer Democracy
Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 : Gordon H. Chang
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328618579
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Ghosts of Gold Mountain written by Gordon H. Chang and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guangdong -- Gold Mountain -- Central Pacific -- Foothills -- The High Sierra -- The Summit -- The Strike -- Truckee -- The Golden Spike -- Beyond Promontory.
Author : Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253039614
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book After Promontory written by Center for Railroad Photography and Art and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States , After Promontory: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading profiles the history and heritage of this historic event. Starting with the original Union Pacific—Central Pacific lines that met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869, the book expands the narrative by considering all of the transcontinental routes in the United States and examining their impact on building this great nation. Exquisitely illustrated with full color photographs, After Promontory divides the western United States into three regions—central, southern, and northern—and offers a deep look at the transcontinental routes of each one. Renowned railroad historians Maury Klein, Keith Bryant, and Don Hofsommer offer their perspectives on these regions along with contributors H. Roger Grant and Rob Krebs.
Author : Richard V. Francaviglia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Over the Range written by Richard V. Francaviglia and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 1869 meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory Summit (not Promontory Point, where it often is mistakenly placed) was, both literally and symbolically, a historical event of indisputable significance in American history." "Richard Francaviglia reviews May 10, 1869, and what led to that day, but from there his narrative launches into space and time to consider the geographic history of the event and where it occurred, on the spine of the lonely Promontory Range at the northern end of the Great Salt Lake. What we consequently learn is the stories of the transportation corridor that developed across Promontory and of the society of people who settled that remote, and frontier, many of them connected to the railroad. Francaviglia reaches back farther than 1869 and carries his story forward to the present, including the development of Golden Spike National Historic Site. At the center of his narrative is the conjunction of a unique area (the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake) and the impact and legacy, particularly regionally, of a special event. The growth of geographical knowledge linked these historical dimensions, as maps best show. A cartographic history of the Promontory Range, northern Utah, the railroad, and other transportation lines has an integral part in Francaviglia's account, and the book is copiously illustrated with color maps as well as historical and scenic photos."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Richard White
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393342379
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Railroaded written by Richard White and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations." —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book Review The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the West, and opened new ways of life and work. Their discriminatory rates sparked a new antimonopoly politics. The transcontinentals were pivotal actors in the making of modern America, but the triumphal myths of the golden spike, Robber Barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.
Author : Allan Kent Powell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Utah History Encyclopedia written by Allan Kent Powell and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete history of Utah in encyclopedic form, with entries from Anasazi to ZCMI!
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Golden Spike National Monument written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
