Author : Merle Dowd
Publisher : Backwater Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780913539637
Fictionaliged story of a 1 billzonzive hobbyist who decides to build Ek Ho-pege model reilroed from Los Angeles to New York. Pert way through a compet, five line is announced by another peir of reilroeds - making the original concept into a race rcrose the country by two model trains.
Author : Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Influenced both by the Gold Rush and the Civil War, America came to realize that a link to the far West was vital. In the mid-1800s, the Union Pacific railroad company, along with their rival, the Central Pacific company, raced to cover the most ground before meeting at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869. Blumberg vividly evokes the people, places, danger and perseverance surrounding an American milestone. Over 70 period illus. Young Adult.
Author : Norma Louise Lewis
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1496659279
Imagine sitting in a basket dangling thousands of feet above the ground drilling a hole into the side of mountain. Then you have to stuff that hole with dynamite and get out of the way before it explodes. This dangerous work was just part of the job for the men who built the Transcontinental Railroad. Lively language, historical photos and illustrations, and primary accounts help readers understand the dangers the workers faced every day while building the Transcontinental Railroad. Meets Common Core critical thinking standards, and provides strong ties to social studies standards on westward expansion.
Author : Cynthia Mercati
Publisher : Settling the West II
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780756903435
Relates the building of the transcontinental railroad from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California, in the mid-nineteenth century through the story of three Irish workers who laid tracks for the Central Pacific Railroad.
Author : Kelly Wittmann
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 153820813X
"A railroad across the United States was once thought to be nearly impossible. The vast expanse from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans had so many obstacles, including towering mountain ranges and broad rivers. However, the 1862 Pacific Railroad Act tasked two railroad companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, with building a transcontinental railroad to link the coasts. How they managed to meet finally in 1869 is the important account detailed in this well-researched volume. Readers will learn about key characters, such as engineer Theodore Judah and investor Leland Stanford, and the innovations and technologies that made their extraordinary feat a reality."
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 28,80 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0635081695
The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. It was a daunting task, but a necessary one-to build a railroad across the United States to unite East and West! From 1863 to 1869, thousands of workers braved blizzards, flash floods, dangerous dynamite blasts, buffalo stampedes, and occasional Indian attacks as they labored across America's plains, prairie, mountains and desert. This book includes: Reasons for the Railroad Follow the Wagon Trail The Central Pacific The Union Pacific The Golden Spike Toil and Trouble Chinese Laborers New Cities New Industries Hands-on Activities Reproducible Activities Glossary Fascinating Facts Timeline And Lots More! The story of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Golden Spike, and the "Westward to Promontory" adventure gives students a compelling look at what it takes to make change, to make progress... and to do so in spite of all types of obstacles, most of them seemingly insurmountable, but which never stop those who dare to dream and do! Grab your hammer- and "ride the rails" in this fun, factual, and "can't believe they did that!" book!
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Candlewick
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763665274
Experience the race of rails to link the country—and meet the men behind this incredible feat—in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos. In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central Pacific, which laid the tracks eastward, and the Union Pacific, which moved west, began the job. In one great race between iron men with iron wills, tens of thousands of workers blasted the longest tunnels that had ever been constructed, built the highest bridges that had ever been created, and finally linked the nation by two bands of steel, changing America forever.
Author : Walter R. Borneman
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0316371793
A "masterly" account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad (Douglas Brinkley) by the author of the bestselling The Admirals. After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the United States was up for grabs, and the race was on. The prize: a better, shorter, less snowy route through the American Southwest, linking Los Angeles to Chicago. In Iron Horses, Borneman recounts the rivalries, contested routes, political posturing, and business dealings that unfolded as an increasing number of lines pushed their way across the country. Borneman brings to life the legendary robber barons behind it all and also captures the herculean efforts required to construct these roads -- the laborers who did the back-breaking work, the brakemen who ran atop moving cars, the tracklayers crushed and killed by runaway trains. From backroom deals in Washington, DC, to armed robberies of trains in the wild deserts, from cattle cars to streamliners and Super Chiefs, all the great incidents and innovations of a mighty American era are made vivid in Iron Horses.
Author : John Hoyt Williams
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780803297890
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 to Council 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.
Author : Mary Ann Fraser
Publisher : Square Fish
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1250131243
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
