TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD HALL LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY BRIEF HISTORY THE PACIFIC POWDER NITROGLYCERIN BRAKES IMPACT GAUGE SHEDS STANDARDIZATION BRIDGES SITE VISIT LINDA HALL LIBRARY BUILDING THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD THE ADVENT JOURNEY ACROSS THE CONTINENT THE WESTERN DANGEROUS MONTH TREK TRAVELER HAZARD WEEK CAPE SAIL CENTRAL AMERICA CROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA EXPOSURE NUMBER DEADLY DISEASES INTEREST UNITING THE CONTINENT SOON TRAINS RUN IN AMERICA 1830S THE EAST THE IDEA THE NATION ANNEXATION CALIFORNIA TERRITORY THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD THE REGION CALIFORNIA UNITE THE COUNTRY THOUSANDS IMMIGRANTS MINERS FORTUNE IN THE WEST CONGRESS SURVEY PARTIES INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE ROUTES PARTICULAR ROUTE CLEAR FAVORITE POLITICAL GROUPS SPLIT WHETHER THE ROUTE SHOULD NORTHERN SOUTHERN THEODORE JUDAH CIVIL ENGINEER HELPED BUILD IN CALIFORNIA PROMOTED RUNNING OBSESSED CRAZY JUDAH PLAN FORMIDABLE THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAIN RAIL LINE TUNNELING GRANITE MOUNTAINS CROSSING DEEP ENGINEERING FEAT ATTEMPTED THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD DUTCH JUDAH LETTER DANIEL STOREKEEPER DUTCH FLAT OFFERING SHOW THE BEST EMIGRANT ROAD THE MOUNTAINS DONNER PASS GRADUAL RISE THE LINE THE SUMMIT RATHER STRONG DREW LETTERS INCORPORATION INVESTORS ABLE SACRAMENTO TRADE HARDWARE WHOLESALER COLLIS HUNTINGTON MARK HOPKINS DRY GOODS CHARLES CROCKER WHOLESALE LELAND PARTNERS PAID MAPS PRESENTATION BEGINNING THE CIVIL WAR PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SUPPORTER LINCOLN SIGNED LAND GRANTS GOVERNMENT BONDS MILE TRACK THE UNION PACIFIC ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BUSINESS PARTNERS CONSTRUCTION OF FOR NEW YORK ATTEMPT FIND BUY OUT THE VOYAGE PANAMA THE ISTHMUS TRAIN YELLOW FEVER TRIP DIED REACHING NEW YORK BEGIN WORK WEEKS RAIL SPIKED BIG FOUR SAMUEL MONTAGUE CONSTRUCTION CREWS EAST EASTERN GRENVILLE DODGE PETER SURVEYED THE POTENTIAL FOLLOW THE NORTH FORK THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SOUTH PASS WYOMING CONTINUE GREEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN THE DECISION TERMINUS COUNCIL THE MISSOURI RIVER THOMAS MEDICAL DOCTOR TURNED BUSINESSMAN CONTROL COMPANY BUYING SHARES DURANT BUSINESS FRONT INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCT THE RAILROAD OWNED UNION PACIFIC THE NEXT THE GOVERNMENT TENS MILLIONS DOLLARS CHARGING FEES THE ORIGINAL LINING COMPLETION CORRUPT PUBLIC SCANDAL FELLOW CORPORATION SIMILAR CONTRACT SAKE RESIGNED THE CONTRACT THE RACE COMPANIES FINALLY TRACKS BRIDGE JOIN OMAHA HIRED CHIEF ENGINEER GENERAL JACK CIVIL WAR VETERANS IRISHMEN HARD GOING ON STRIKE LABOR DISPUTES FINDING WORKERS TASK LABORERS IRISH BOSTON SHIPPED OUT WEST ABANDONED RAILROAD LURED NEVADA SILVER MINES CROCKER TRIED AFRICAN PETITIONED SEND CONFEDERATE FRUSTRATED LACK MANPOWER NECESSARY SUPPORT WORK JAMES CHINESE FEELING THE CHINESE STATURE DEMANDING MEN ON TRIAL ONE MONTH PERCENT WORKFORCE MADE UP PROVED ESSENTIAL THE TASK LAYING SIERRA ONCE BELIEVED PERFORM MANUAL AMAZING FEATS NO OTHER BLASTED TUNNELS SOLID GRANITE SOMETIMES FOOT LIVED SAVING PRECIOUS ENERGY ENTERING WORKSITE LOWERED DOWN SHEER CLIFF FACES BASKETS ROPES DRILLED THE FUSE AS FAST AS THE BLAST PUNISHING CONDITIONS MOVING EASTWARD RESISTANCE THE SIOUX ARAPAHO TRIBES SEEING HOMELANDS INVADED ARMED PROTECTED CALVARY FRIENDLY PAWNEE INDIANS NATIVE AMERICAN RAIDING ATTACKED STOLE LIVESTOCK PULLED DERAILED MILES THEREFORE GAINING HEAD START ROUGH TERRAIN SIERRA NEVADAS LIMITED 100 MILES THE END LINES TREMENDOUS UTAH BORDER EQUAL TEMPO ENGINE JUPITER MEET PROMONTORY SUMMIT POINT RAILWAY ACT DECISION HAD TO CLOSING IN EACH OTHER NORTHERN UTAH AIDED MORMON NEITHER WANTED CLAIM SUBSIDY ONE POINT GRADERS ACTUALLY TERRITORY THE MEETING POINT AREA NORTH THE GREAT SALT LAKE LESS THAN ONE LOCOMOTIVES RAILROADS SIGNAL THE JOINING LOCAL TIME HAMMERED GOLDEN ANNOUNCED IN SAN FRANCISCO BELLS RANG FIRE WHISTLES SHRIEKED AS PEOPLE INDEED MANIFEST DESTINY REDUCED THE FRONTIER WILDERNESS TERRITORIES REGIONS POPULATED ENABLING COMMERCE EFFECTIVELY ENDING TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIFE RESOURCES SEARCH JOURNAL COLLECTION PLANS BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTENT DERIVED
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