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1 online resource (x, 333 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index. |
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Envisioning Promontory (1820-1850) -- In the path of history (1850-1865) -- The battle of the maps (1865-1868) -- A moment of glory : Promontory, 1869 -- On the early mainline (1869-1875) -- Big time railroading (1875-1904) -- A regional branchline (1904-1942) -- A changing countryside & landscape (1904-1942) -- Remembering Promontory (1942-present) -- Epilogue : full circle. |
| Summary |
Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. He gazes outward from the site of the transcontinental railroad's completion - the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transportation corridor that for the first time linked America's coasts gave this distinctive region significance, but it anchored two centuries of human activity linked to the area's landscape. Francaviglia brings to that larger story a geographer's perspective on place and society, a railroad enthusiast's know. |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English. |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Union Pacific Railway Company.
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Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History.
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Central Pacific Railroad Company
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Union Pacific Railway Company
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Pacific railroads.
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Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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Railroads -- History.
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Chemins de fer du Pacifique (États-Unis)
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Chemins de fer -- Histoire.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial.
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HISTORY -- Historical Geography.
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Pacific railroads
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Railroads
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West United States
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Francaviglia, Richard V. Over the range. Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2008 0874217059 (DLC) 2008025853 (OCoLC)232656035 |
| ISBN |
0874217067 (electronic bk.) |
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9780874217063 (electronic bk.) |
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1283250152 |
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9781283250153 |
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9786613250155 |
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6613250155 |
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0874217059 |
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9780874217056 |
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AU@ 000048827913 |
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AU@ 000051400505 |
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AU@ 000060536308 |
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DEBBG BV044118210 |
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DEBSZ 397098561 |
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DEBSZ 484704095 |
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GBVCP 1008655880 |
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HEBIS 286066793 |
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NZ1 14167901 |
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