1867 - Union Pacific Rail Road Across the Continent ....
(Union Pacific Rail Road) UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD ACROSS THE CONTINENT WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA. (title page) THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES. PROGRESS OF THEIR ROAD WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ACROSS THE CONTINENT. MAKING, WITH ITS CONNECTIONS, AN UNBROKEN LINE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILES COMPLETED DECEMBER, 1867. New York. Pamphlet Edition, April 2, 1868. 32 pgs. Pict. wraps. Frontis map of the UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS. Contents include Formation of the Union Pacific Railroad Co.; Progress of the Work; Agricultural Resources, Timber, Minerals, &C.; How The Union Pacific Railroad is Built; Branch and Connecting Roads; Resources for Construction; The Means Sufficient to Build the Road; Anticipated business and Profits of the Co.; The Way Business - Actual Earnings; The Union Pacific Railroad Company's First Mortgage Bonds; etc. Also, station, distance and elevation table. Vg cond.