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Author
Series
Wells Fargo trail ; 03
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
When a rival railroad baron attempts to kidnap the eldest daughter of General Roberts, owner of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Zac Cobb quickly steps in and rescues her. But as the gunsmoke clears, Zac and the woman must make a desperate run for safety.
8) The railroad
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Describes the development of the railroad in North America and its influence on the settling of the West during the nineteenth century.
14) The Transcontinental Railroad: a primary source history of America's first coast-to-coast railroad
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Source
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Describes the people, circumstances, and events surrounding the building of the railway system across the continent in the mid-nineteenth century.
15) Bloody Chester
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1870 Dakota Territory, "Bloody" Chester Kates is in for some surprises when he agrees to burn down the town of Whale, believed to be inhabited by something wicked, in order for the Union Pacific to continue construction of the railroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous. The work falls to immigrant laborers from the lowest economic classes. They accomplish astounding feats of engineering while waiting for an answer: Will those...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the "little family" of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in Colorado soon evolves into an all-out battle as each man...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2000, David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of Americarsquos past. From Omaha to San Francisco, Bain and his family retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad. Following abandoned railroad tracks and the traces of old wagon trails, cruising down back roads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our...