TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ambrose, Stephen E
TI  - Nothing like it in the world : the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869
SN  - 9780743203173
AV  - TF 23 A42N 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
KW  - RAILROADS
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - 19TH CENTURY
KW  - RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
KW  - CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAAD COMMPANY
KW  - HISTORRY
N1  - Includes index; Picking the route 1830-1860 -- Getting to California 1848-1859 -- Birth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862 -- Birth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864 -- Judah and the elephant 1862-1864 -- Laying out the Union Pacific line 1864-1865 -- Central Pacific attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865 -- Union Pacific across Nebraska 1866 -- Central Pacific assaults the Sierra 1866 -- Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867 -- Central Pacific penetrates the summit 1867 -- Union Pacific across Wyoming 1868 -- Brigham Young and the Mormons make the grade 1868 -- Central Pacific goes through Nevada 1868 -- Railroads race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869 -- To the summit April 11-May 7, 1869 -- Done May 8-10, 1869
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