The Transcontinental Railroad

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Completed in 1869 with the driving of the famous "Golden Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah, the Transcontinental Railroad revolutionized transportation across the United States and fundamentally changed the American West, sparking social, economic, environmental, and political change.

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1849
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American Pub. Co
1869
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1871 [c1870]
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Building the Pacific Railway

Sabin, Edwin L.
J. B. Lippincott Company
1919
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Crofutt, George A.
The Overland publishing company
1878
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Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide

Crofutt, George A.
The Overland Publishing Company
1883
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Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide

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c1872
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Map of the United States and territories, showing the extent of public surveys and other details

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General Land Office
1868
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The Pacific Railroad--Open

Bowles, Samuel
Fields, Osgood & Co
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Peake, Elmore Elliott; Tracy, F. B.; Spearman, Frank H.; Raine, William McLeod; Hill, James A.
McClure, Phillips & Co
1901
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The Railroad Builders

Moody, John
Yale university press; [etc., etc.]
1919
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The Railroads of the United States

Flint, Henry M.
John E. Potter
1868
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The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

Leland, Charles Godfrey
Ringwalt & Brown
1867
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Tri-nitro-glycerin

Mowbray, George M.
J.T. Robinson
1872