Today's installment concludes First North American Transcontinental Railroad Completed,our selection from The Union Pacific Railway by John P. Davis
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The Two Railroads Race to the Meeting Point
Central Pacific had graded eighty miles to the east that it never would cover and the Union Pacific had wasted a million dollars on grading west of
Life in the Construction Camps
The regular routine of business, dances, drunks, and fist fights met with a sudden interruption.Continuing First North American Transcontinental
Jesuit Missions on Western Lakes
There were two principal missions on the Upper Lakes; which were, in a certain sense, the parents of the rest.Previously in The Discovery of the
Laying Down the Track
The only settlements between Omaha and Sacramento in 1862 were those of the Mormons in Utah, and Denver and a few mining-camps in Colorado and
The First Tracks
The natural obstacles presented by the mountains and desert land, the absence of timber on the prairies, of water in the mountains, and of both in the
First North American Transcontinental Railroad Completed
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Old West Before the Railroad.IntroductionWhen the United States had
The Confederate Captain’s Report Ends
Today's installment concludes The USS Kearsarge Versus the CSS Alabama,the name of our combined selection from John Ancrum Winslow and Raphael
The Confederate Captain’s Report
On Sunday, in the morning, being June 19th, the Alabama steamed out of Cherbourg harbor and steered straight to meet the Kearsarge.Continuing The