Author: Amiel Weeks Whipple
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Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Report of Explorations for a Railway Route, Near the Thirty-fifth Parallel of Latitude
Author: Amiel Weeks Whipple
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Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Report of A.W. Whipple ... route near the 35th parallel
Author: United States. War Department
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Reports of Explorations Printed in the Documents of the United States Government
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Category : Geological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Geological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Reports of Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...1853-54
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Reports of Explorations Printed in the Documents of the United States Government
Author: Adelaide Rosalia Hasse
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Iron Horses
Author: Walter R. Borneman
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316371793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
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A "masterly" account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad (Douglas Brinkley) by the author of the bestselling The Admirals. After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the United States was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Iron Horses, Borneman recounts the rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country. Borneman brings to life the legendary robber barons behind it all and also captures the herculean efforts required to construct these roads -- the laborers who did the back-breaking work, the brakemen who ran atop moving cars, the tracklayers crushed and killed by runaway trains. From backroom deals in Washington, DC, to armed robberies of trains in the wild deserts, from cattle cars to streamliners and Super Chiefs, all the great incidents and innovations of a mighty American era are made vivid in Iron Horses.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316371793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
A "masterly" account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad (Douglas Brinkley) by the author of the bestselling The Admirals. After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the United States was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Iron Horses, Borneman recounts the rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country. Borneman brings to life the legendary robber barons behind it all and also captures the herculean efforts required to construct these roads -- the laborers who did the back-breaking work, the brakemen who ran atop moving cars, the tracklayers crushed and killed by runaway trains. From backroom deals in Washington, DC, to armed robberies of trains in the wild deserts, from cattle cars to streamliners and Super Chiefs, all the great incidents and innovations of a mighty American era are made vivid in Iron Horses.
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
Author: Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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The Mohave Desert Region, California
Author: David Grosh Thompson
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
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Bibliography of North American Geology
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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