Article: Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869.(book review)(Brief Article)(Review)

Article: Surveying for settlers.(how CP Rail attracted immigrants ...
Canadian Geographic;  January 1, 2000 ;     448 words ...Construction of the transcontinental railway began in 1880 and with it came large-scale, systematic surveys of the Prairies to lay out townships along the proposed route. But even before it was completed in 1885, the C.P.R. had begun using maps to lure immigrants westward. Well into the 20th

Article: Building the Transcontinental RAILROAD.
Junior Scholastic;  February 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... golden spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. In an instant, a telegraph ... west. The Central Pacific (CP) team would start in Sacramento ... the country and world. The CP hired most of the Chinese workers ... become U.S. citizens. The CP could pay Chinese workers lower ...

Transcontinental railroad.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... lt;article.title dti1="transcontinental railroad"> transcontinental railroad transcontinental railroad. Others followed. Three additional ...

Article: transcontinental railroad
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      676 words ...transcontinental railroad in U.S. history, rail ... thus completing the first transcontinental railroad. Others followed. Three ... Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad (1967, repr. 1970 ...

transcontinental railroad.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...transcontinental railroad, in U.S. history ... thus completing the first transcontinental railroad. Others followed. Three ... Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad (1967, repr. 1970 ...

Article: Transcontinental Railroad, Building of
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, BUILDING OF TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, BUILDING OF. The Transcontinental Railroad was the result of the U.S. commitment to Manifest Destiny and its burgeoning industrial might. Long distances and slow transportation ...

Article: Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the ...
Book;  September 1, 2000 ;     587 words ... ... World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 Stephen E. Ambrose ... history of the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which he sees as one of the ... engine over the route of the transcontinental railroad as thousands of enthusiasts cheered ...