Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains and Laramie Plains: In the Fall of 1866, with a Synoptical Statement of the Various Pacific Railroads, and an Account of the Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the One Hundreth Meridian of LongitudeD. Van Nostrand, 1867 - 129 sider Col. Silas Seymour's narrative of personal incidents of a trip on a special train on the Union Pacific Railroad with government inspectors in September, 1866 to Kearney, Nebraska and in December, 1866, to the end of track, about 12 miles from North Platte. |
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... comfortably to Chicago in time to witness the interesting ceremonies of laying the corner - stone of the Douglas monument , pay our respects to the Presidential party , and hear the elo- quent address of General Dix . On Friday evening ...
... comfortably to Chicago in time to witness the interesting ceremonies of laying the corner - stone of the Douglas monument , pay our respects to the Presidential party , and hear the elo- quent address of General Dix . On Friday evening ...
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... view as if by magic ; and presents a most comfortable and inviting appearance to the weary traveller from the Plains , who has seen nothing but log and adobe ranches , at intervals of ten and twenty 10 WESTERN INCIDENTS .
... view as if by magic ; and presents a most comfortable and inviting appearance to the weary traveller from the Plains , who has seen nothing but log and adobe ranches , at intervals of ten and twenty 10 WESTERN INCIDENTS .
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... comfortable covered carriage , drawn by a pair of lazy , broken down mules , these being considered the most safe and reliable for the rough mountain roads we were to traverse . The outfit , as all conveyances are designated in this ...
... comfortable covered carriage , drawn by a pair of lazy , broken down mules , these being considered the most safe and reliable for the rough mountain roads we were to traverse . The outfit , as all conveyances are designated in this ...
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... comfortable quarters at the stage - station , kept by Mr. Taylor ; and were joined , in the evening , by General G. M. Dodge , Chief Engineer , and Mr. James A. Evans , Division Engineer , of the Union Pacific Railroad . We were now ...
... comfortable quarters at the stage - station , kept by Mr. Taylor ; and were joined , in the evening , by General G. M. Dodge , Chief Engineer , and Mr. James A. Evans , Division Engineer , of the Union Pacific Railroad . We were now ...
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... comfortable accommo- dations for the night . Mr. Williams at first objected , saying that he had come out expecting and fully pre- pared to rough it in the mountains , sleep on the ground , & c . , and he thought it was about time to ...
... comfortable accommo- dations for the night . Mr. Williams at first objected , saying that he had come out expecting and fully pre- pared to rough it in the mountains , sleep on the ground , & c . , and he thought it was about time to ...
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Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains ... Silas Seymour Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1867 |
Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains ... Silas Seymour Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1867 |
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act of July alternate sections antelope Applause arrived Berthoud Pass BLACK HILL RANGE Black Hills branch camp cars Central City Central Pacific Central Pacific Railroad Chicago and Northwestern Clear Creek Colorado comfortable completed Congress connection construction continent Council Bluffs DENVER CITY distance east Elkhorn Club Empire City Engineer enterprise Evans excursionists extending fifty miles Fort Kearny friends G. M. Dodge Government Director Hannibal and St horses hour Hoxie hundredth meridian Indians Iowa Jelly JOHN BUFORD Joseph Railroad Kansas River Kearny Lambard Laporte Laramie Plains Mayor Missouri River Mizner mules nation Nebraska North Platte Station Northwestern Railroad Omaha Pacific Railroad Company Pawnee Platte Valley portion President reached road Rocky Mountains route Sauce soon stage station steamer Denver tion town track travelled twenty miles Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway United Valley of Clear venerable driver wagon western westward Williams York
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A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Wesley S. Griswold Utdragsvisning - 1962 |