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Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, After Promontory profiles the history and heritage of this historic event.



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[Scott Lothes] has enlisted some of the most accomplished scholars of railroad history . . . to tell the story of these enterprises which totally re-shaped the western landscape, and the lives of those people who then occupied it, as well as those seeking to occupy it.

* The Michigan Railfan *

Table of Contents

Foreword, Scott Lothes


Introduction, H. Roger Grant


Chapter 1, Maury Klein


Chapter 2, Keith Bryant


Chapter 3, Don L. Hofsommer


Conclusion, Drake Hokanson


After Promontory

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/2019
      ISBN13: 9780253039606, 978-0253039606
      ISBN10: 0253039606
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      Trains and railways: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, After Promontory profiles the history and heritage of this historic event.



      Trade Review

      [Scott Lothes] has enlisted some of the most accomplished scholars of railroad history . . . to tell the story of these enterprises which totally re-shaped the western landscape, and the lives of those people who then occupied it, as well as those seeking to occupy it.

      * The Michigan Railfan *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword, Scott Lothes


      Introduction, H. Roger Grant


      Chapter 1, Maury Klein


      Chapter 2, Keith Bryant


      Chapter 3, Don L. Hofsommer


      Conclusion, Drake Hokanson


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