A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental RailroadMcGraw-Hill, 1962 - 367 páginas |
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... East . It would span two - thirds of the nation - the territories of Nebraska , Wyoming , Utah , and Nevada , and the state of California . Once it had been joined to Eastern tracks , it would enable travelers for the first time to ride ...
... East . It would span two - thirds of the nation - the territories of Nebraska , Wyoming , Utah , and Nevada , and the state of California . Once it had been joined to Eastern tracks , it would enable travelers for the first time to ride ...
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... east of Sacramento might be found to have similarly hidden assets . According to the Pacific Railroad Act , Lincoln was to declare officially where the east base of the Rockies and the west base of the Sierra Nevada began . But he would ...
... east of Sacramento might be found to have similarly hidden assets . According to the Pacific Railroad Act , Lincoln was to declare officially where the east base of the Rockies and the west base of the Sierra Nevada began . But he would ...
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... east of there . Let them get the idea if possible that we are going to build to Ft . Bridger , and as this season will close our work in the Sierras , we can build to Salt Lake by Jan. 1st 1870 at the furthest - probably a year sooner ...
... east of there . Let them get the idea if possible that we are going to build to Ft . Bridger , and as this season will close our work in the Sierras , we can build to Salt Lake by Jan. 1st 1870 at the furthest - probably a year sooner ...
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A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Wesley S. Griswold Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |
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