American Railway Celebration History

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Book #1
Building the Pacific Railway
The Construction-Story of America’s First Iron
Thoroughfare Between the
Missouri River
and
California
, From the Inception of the Great Idea To
The Day, May 10, 1869, When the Union Pacific and
The Central pacific Joined Tracks at Promontory
Point, Utah, To Form the Nation’s Transcontinental
By Edwin L. Savin, 1919
555 pages, 22 illustrations and a map
Book #2
The Book of the
Great Railway Celebrations
Of 1857
Embracing A Full Account of the Opening of The
Ohio
&
Mississippi
, and the
Marietta
&
Cincinnati
Railroads,
And the Northwestern Virginia Branch of the
Baltimore
and
Ohio
Railroad
With
Histories and Descriptions of the Same;
And An
Account of the Subsequent Excursion
To
Baltimore
,
Washington
and
Norfolk
,
And the Receptions and Entertainments There of the State
Authorities of
Ohio
, and the Municipal Representatives
Of
St. Louis
,
Cincinnati
and
Chillicothe
By Wm. Prescott Smith, 1858
555 pages, illustrated, searchable
Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View
Book #1 Contents
I. The Start 13
II. Central Pacific Men and Methods 41
III. Union Pacific Men and Methods 69
IV. Progress of the Central Pacific 96
V. Progress of the Union Pacific 129
VI. The Race to the Finish 165
VII. The Finish 200
VIII. Blood on the Trails 231
IX. The "Roaring" Towns 254
X. Tourists to End o' Track 275
XI. Checking Up 304
Index 309
ILLUSTRATIONS
Book #2 Contents
Part First.
I.
— General Preface.
II. — Inteoduction.
III. — History op the Baltimore and Ohio Railway.
1. Its Origin by Philip E. Thomas, in 1826.
2. Serious Legislative Struggles—
Washington Branch Road
built,
1834.
3. Finished to Harper's Ferry— President Thomas retires, 1836.
4. Hon. Louis McLane, President— Open to
Cumberland
, 1842.
5. Hon. Thos. Swann, President— Completed to
Wheeling
, 1853.
6. Wm. G. Harrison and
Chauncy
Brooks
, Presidents— Various
Connections
8. Invitations — The Preparations at
Baltimore
.
4. The Trip to
Baltimore
, by the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
, Little
Miami
,
Central Ohio
and Baltimore & Ohio Roads.
5. The Arrival and Reception at
Baltimore
.
6. The Grand Banquet at the Maryland Institute.
7. The Trip to
Washington
and
Mount Vernon
— Public Entertainment.
8. The Trip to
Norfolk
and
Portsmouth
,
Va.
, by the
Chesapeake Bay
—
Receptions and Entertainments.
9. Concluding Reflections — The City of
Baltimore
and Vicinity,
Appendix No. 1.
Appendix No. 2.
Part Second.
I.— Grand Railroad Excursion of the
St. Louis
,
Cincinnati
and Chillicothe
Authorities, and others, to
Baltimore
,
Washington
and
Norfolk
, July, 1857.
1. Introduction.
2. Historical Sketches of the Little
Miami
and the
Central Ohio
Railroads.
3. Invitations — The Preparations at
Baltimore
.
4. The Trip to
Baltimore
, by the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
, Little
Miami
,
Central Ohio
and Baltimore & Ohio Roads.
5. The Arrival and Reception at
Baltimore
.
6. The Grand Banquet at the Maryland Institute.
7. The Trip to
Washington
and
Mount Vernon
— Public Entertainment.
8. The Trip to
Norfolk
and
Portsmouth
,
Va.
, by the
Chesapeake Bay
—
Receptions and Entertainments.
9. Concluding Reflections— The City of
Baltimore
and Vicinity.
Appendix No. 1.
Appendix No. 2.
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