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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
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