Plate 227, "East and West shaking hands at laying of the last rail," Promontory Summit, Utah. Photograph was taken by Andrew Russell on May 10, 1869. General Dodge, chief engineer for Union Pacific, ...
James J. Hill faces a railroad strike and adds the Northern Pacific to his empire. James J. Hill faces a railroad strike and Union President Eugene Debbs. With J.P. Morgan's help, he adds the Northern ...
It's very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from what it was the day before. But that's exactly what happened to the ...
Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental railroad throughout its construction. These excerpts, organized chronologically, report on conflicts with Native Americans, the terms ...
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