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UPRR #119 "Crossing America" by Steve Anderson |
line "Overland" Service |
Courtesy Truman Library |
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Read about: "The Most Eventful Journey in the History of Railroading." a letter by Walter Scott Fitz describing his 1872 trip on the UPRR.
Also visit the American Experience Transcontinental Railroad website.
A.J. Russell, 1868 Wyoming Imperial
View #78. "Temporary
and Permanent Bridges Green
River Citadel Rock in distance." (detail,
below) Temporary wooden trestle, right; Permanent
stone bridge over the Green River is under construction, left.
Image Courtesy The
Andrew J. Russell Collection, The Oakland
Museum of California.
The Merrick County Item, Central City, Nebraska newspaper, Jan. 28, 1880 engraved advertisement for " Specimen Views of Union Pacific Railroad Lands in Nebraska." Historic Advertisement Courtesy Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers. |
Pullman Palace Car CDV. Union Pacific Overland Route. Courtesy Bill S. Lee Collection. |