Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains and Laramie Plains: In the Fall of 1866, with a Synoptical Statement of the Various Pacific Railroads, and an Account of the Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the One Hundreth Meridian of LongitudeD. Van Nostrand, 1867 - 129 páginas Col. Silas Seymour's narrative of personal incidents of a trip on a special train on the Union Pacific Railroad with government inspectors in September, 1866 to Kearney, Nebraska and in December, 1866, to the end of track, about 12 miles from North Platte. |
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... House . VII . - Two Weeks at Omaha - Wild Geese and Duck Shooting -- Advent of Chicago and Northwestern Agents on their way to Denver- Parting Speech of Mr. Tappen - Anticipated Arrival of the great Pacific Railroad Excursion ...
... House . VII . - Two Weeks at Omaha - Wild Geese and Duck Shooting -- Advent of Chicago and Northwestern Agents on their way to Denver- Parting Speech of Mr. Tappen - Anticipated Arrival of the great Pacific Railroad Excursion ...
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... House , in Idaho , acknowledged to be the best hotel in Colorado , with good mountain appetites for an excellent supper which awaited us . Our venerable driver , and part owner of our outfit , was almost exhausted by his continuous ...
... House , in Idaho , acknowledged to be the best hotel in Colorado , with good mountain appetites for an excellent supper which awaited us . Our venerable driver , and part owner of our outfit , was almost exhausted by his continuous ...
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... sideling , reminding one of the ascent as made . years ago from the Glen House to Mount Washington . We dismounted several times to relieve our horses and When near the top we perhaps for greater safety . WESTERN INCIDENTS . 15.
... sideling , reminding one of the ascent as made . years ago from the Glen House to Mount Washington . We dismounted several times to relieve our horses and When near the top we perhaps for greater safety . WESTERN INCIDENTS . 15.
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... House , in exchange for a pair of horses , we were compelled to address ourselves to our return jour- ney behind these much - abused animals ; and he to resume his powerful persuasives of the previous two days . The snow had not ...
... House , in exchange for a pair of horses , we were compelled to address ourselves to our return jour- ney behind these much - abused animals ; and he to resume his powerful persuasives of the previous two days . The snow had not ...
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... House . We then commenced the ascent of the Virginia Cañon , and the descent of Russell Gulch , a distance of seven miles to Central City , which we reached at twelve . I should not omit to mention , that in driving from Idaho to Empire ...
... House . We then commenced the ascent of the Virginia Cañon , and the descent of Russell Gulch , a distance of seven miles to Central City , which we reached at twelve . I should not omit to mention , that in driving from Idaho to Empire ...
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act of July alternate sections Applause arrived Berthoud Pass Black Hills branch camp cars Central City Central Pacific Railroad Chicago and Northwestern Clear Creek Colorado comfortable completed Congress connection construction continent Council Bluffs DENVER CITY distance east Eastern Division eastward Empire City Engineer enterprise Evans excursionists extending fifty miles Fort Kearny friends G. M. Dodge Government Commissioners Government Director guests Hannibal and St horses hour Hoxie hundredth meridian Indians Iowa Jelly JOHN BUFORD Joseph Railroad Kansas River Kearny Lambard Laporte Laramie Plains Mayor Missouri River Mizner mules nation Nebraska North Platte Station Northwestern Railroad Omaha Pacific Railroad Company Pawnee Platte Valley portion President reached road Rocky Mountains route Sauce soon stage station steamer Denver surveys tion town track travelled twenty miles Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway United Valley of Clear venerable driver wagon western westward Williams York
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Página 63 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections of land per mile on each side of said railroad whenever it passes through any State...
Página 60 - ... every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road...
Página 60 - That within two years after the passage of this act said company shall designate the general route of said road, as near as may be, and shall file a map of the same...
Página 63 - Office; and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections, or parts of sections, shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers, or pre-empted or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said Company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections.
Página 69 - ... not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preeruption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Página 114 - Resolved, That our thanks are due, and are hereby tendered, to the President and other officers of this Association, for the faithful labor by which the success of the Association in the year now closed has been secured.
Página 63 - States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption or other claims or rights at the time the line of said road is designated by a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Página 62 - City upon the most direct and practicable route to a point on, and so as to connect with, the branch railroad and telegraph in this section hereinbefore mentioned, or with the said Union Pacific Railroad, said point of junction to be fixed by the President of the United States, not further west than the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, and on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act...
Página 59 - Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican river and the north margin of the valley of the Platte river, in the Territory of Nebraska, to the western boundary of Nevada Territory...
Página 61 - ... issue their first mortgage bonds on their respective railroad and telegraph lines to an amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds of the United States...
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A Work of Giants: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad Wesley S. Griswold Vista de fragmentos - 1962 |