Transcontinental Railroad (pt 2): Dr. Thomas Durant, The Union Pacific & “Hell on Wheels”

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Great Trans-continental Tourist's Guide Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Forts and Camps, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Sulphur, Soda and Hot Springs, Scenery, Watering Places, Summer Resorts; Where to Look for and Hunt Buffalo, Antelope, Deer, and other game; Trout Fishing, etc., etc. In Fact, to Tell You What is worth Seeing — Where to See it — Where to Go — How to Go — and Whom to Stop With While Passing Over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., Their Branches and Connections by Stage and Water, From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. New York: G.A. Crofutt & Company, 1870.

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“Pacific Railroad Convention: Strangers in Chicago Assembling of the Convention Temporary Organization Notabilities Present the Permanent Organization Address of Mr. Ogden, the President H.V. Poor Chose Secretary.” The New York Times. Sept. 6th, 1862. Accessed at: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1862/09/06/78697656.html?pageNumber=2.

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