Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad

ISBN-13: 9780803297890 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 349 str.

John Hoyt Williams

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The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the Sierras and the Great American Desert, the tracks connected San Francisco toCouncil Bluffs, Iowa. A Great and Shining Road is the exciting story of a mammoth feat that called forth entrepreneurial daring, financial wizardry, technological innovation, political courage and chicanery, and the heroism of thousands of laborers."