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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--the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transportation corr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francaviglia, Richard V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Union Pacific Railway Company.
Central Pacific Railroad Company > History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Pacific railroads.
Railroads > West (U.S.) > History.
Railroads > History.
Chemins de fer du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Chemins de fer > Histoire.
HISTORY / General.
Pacific railroads
Railroads
West United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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--the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transportation corridor that for the first time linked America's coasts gave this distinctive region significance, but it anchored two centuries of human activity linked to the area's landscape. Francaviglia brings to that larger story a geographer's perspective on place and society, a railroad enthusiast's knowledge of trains, a cartographic historian's understanding of the knowledge and experience embedded in maps, and a desert lover's appreciation of the striking basin-and-range landscape that borders the Great Salt Lake.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index.
ISBN:9780874217063
0874217067
9781283250153
1283250152