The St. Louis-San Francisco transcontinental railroad : the thirty-fifth parallel project, 1853-1890
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Authors
Miner, H. Craig
Advisors
Issue Date
1972
Type
Keywords
St Louis-San Francisco Railway Company , Railroads History
Citation
Miner, H. Craig. The St. Louis-San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad: The Thirty-Fifth Parallel Project, 1853-1890. University Press of Kansas, 1972.
Abstract
Table of Contents
Scholarly history of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, describing the multi-generational effort to build the road west. The author details the effort to build a snow-free route to the Coast and how it ruined five railroad companies. The book covers the construction of what were originally the Missouri and Central Divisions of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, the takeover by the Santa Fe, and the emergence of the independent Frisco.
Description
Includes index.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas