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Over the range : a history of the Promontory Summit route of the Pacific railroad /

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Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. He gazes outward from the site of the transcontinental railroad's completion & mdash;the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transpor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francaviglia, Richard V.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Union Pacific Railway Company.
Central Pacific Railroad Company > History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Pacific railroads.
Railroads > West (U.S.) > History.
Railroads > History.
Business.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
HISTORY > Historical Geography.
Railroads.
United States, West.
Business & Economics.
Transportation Economics.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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