The Wonderland Route to the Pacific Coast, 1885
Author: Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher:
Published: 1885
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
The Wonderland Route to the Pacific Coast, 1885
Author: Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-03
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781355273844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The World's Fastest Man
Author: Michael Kranish
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1501192604
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure--the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era"--
Catalog
Author: Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western Americana
Publisher:
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperiences in a Promised Land
Author: G. Thomas Edwards
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780295963280
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPractically since the turn of the century, the Northwest has been a region of paradoxes. Women, who in Washington had acquired suffrage and lost it in the 1880s, regained it and later elected a woman mayor of Seattle. Exploitation of workers, despite, or perhaps because of, abundance has been extreme-- and has engendered some of America's most radical labor movements. Both racial backlash and enlightened reforms characterize the region.
Trains of Discovery
Author: Alfred Runte
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
Published: 2011-07-16
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1570984387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thoroughly revised and expanded successor to Alfred Runte’s Trains of Discovery: Western Railroads and the National Parks, the new edition now includes protected landscapes and historical sites east of the Mississippi made possible or influenced by railroads: the Hudson River Valley; Delaware Water Gap; Harpers Ferry; Indiana Dunes; Gettysburg; Steamtown; and Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, and Acadia National Parks. Illustrated with paintings, posters, photographs, and artifacts from major libraries and public archives, as well as America’s railroads and the author’s private collection, this book is a sight to behold as well as a wonderful, nostalgic armchair read.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuide Book for the Tourist and Traveler Over the Valley Railway
Author: John S. Reese
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780873387354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFounded in 1871 by a group of entrepreneurs from Cleveland, Akron, and Canton, the Valley Railway paralleled the Cuyahoga River Valley, stretching from southeast Cleveland to Akron and then on to Canton and Valley Junction in Tuscarawas County. The Railway filled a need in the region by providing an important passenger rail link among the three cities and provided direct access to the coal fields in Stark and Tuscarawas Counties, supplying coal for Cleveland's iron mills and other growing industries. The Railway began operation in 1880, continued service until 1962, and was revived in the early 1970s. Construction of the Valley Railway coincided with a growing interest in travel and tourism in the United States. It was in the spirit of tourism and boosterism that John Reese wrote his Guide, which is the only primary-source account of the landscape and communities of the region in 1880. Reese discusses both the built environment - bridges, viaducts, trestles, and roadbeds - and natural features in plain view from the train and illustrates it all with thirty period engravings. In addition, the Guide is filled with advertisements for all sorts of tradesmen, merchants, and businesses t
Selling Yellowstone
Author: Mark Daniel Barringer
Publisher: Development of Western Resources
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For as long as they have existed, the national parks have been the scene of some of the most intensive commercial activity in the American West. Selling Yellowstone recounts the story of such activities in our oldest park from the 1870s through the 1960s. It is the first book to examine critically the role of business in the development of America's national parks, demonstrating how profit-driven entrepreneurs shaped the physical landscape of what is generally perceived as unaltered wilderness."--Jacket.
Dining Car to the Pacific
Author: William A. McKenzie
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004-08-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 145290734X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam A. McKenzie offers an illustrated and detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific - a service that many considered the best in the industry - drawing on sources ranging from railroad records of the 1860s to anecdotal accounts from the people who were there. In addition, McKenzie includes more than 150 authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato, Washington Apple Pan Cake, and Northern Pacific Fruit Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and any one with nostalgia for the dinning car experience.
