The Story of the First Trans-continental Railroad
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The Project and the Projectors
24:39 -
The Proposition in Congress
17:31 -
Mostly Financial
20:17 -
Commencement of the Work
13:28 -
Progress Made
30:11 -
Indian Troubles During Construction
22:27 -
The Builders
23:51 -
Completion of the Line
18:07 -
The Kansas Division (Kansas Pacific Railway)
26:44 -
The Denver-Cheyenne Line (Denver Pacific Railroad)
10:02 -
History of the Line since its completion
19:00 -
The Central Pacific Railroad
13:21 -
Nomenclature of the Union Pacific Railroad
8:05 -
Paddy Miles' Ride
5:47 -
Engineer Reports
13:00
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Long before rails crossed the continent, proposals for a route to the Pacific brought together explorers, engineers and advocates with very different plans. William Francis Bailey traces those proposals in this 1906 history, beginning with Thomas Jefferson, the Lewis and Clark expedition and early suggestions for steam transport. His account treats the railroad as an achievement that deserved a larger place in American historical education.
The chapters move through congressional action, finance, construction and the people responsible for the line. Portraits of John A. Dix, Thomas C. Durant and Granville M. Dodge connect public confidence, management and engineering to the work itself. Separate sections cover the Kansas Pacific, Denver Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, while an appendix supplies officials, statistics and a survey report.
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- Author
- William Francis Bailey
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 84
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American History
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- Paul Harvey