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To Donner Pass from the Pacific by Duncan W-16

Chip Savoye — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:15:07 +0000

A map history covering 150 years of Californias Lincoln Highway.

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Empire Express by David Bain (W 18)

Gene Harmon — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:40:27 +0000

This 776 page history covers all aspects of the building of the transcontinental railroad including the political machinations leading to actual construction and the many subsequent controversies, bankruptcies and struggles. Published by Penguin Books in 1999 as a paperback volume with maps, this book is in good used condition.

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Nothing Like It In The World by Stephen Ambrose (W 24)

Gene Harmon — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:24:57 +0000

This comprehensive history of the building of the transcontinental railroads and the men who built has 431 pages with B&W images, endnotes, bibliography and an index. The book is in good used condition with a paper jacket with some scuffing and very minor edge wear.

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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow by Dee Brown (W 27)

Gene Harmon — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:09:52 +0000

The author describes the building of the first transcontinental railroad and includes the sordid corruption that accompanied it. Published in 1977 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, this book is in very good used condition and has a paper jacket protected by a plastic sleeve.

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Central Pacific Chinese Workers on the First Transcontinental RR Vol. 5 by Anderson (W 17A)

Gene Harmon — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:11:16 +0000

This 40 page paperbound book is Volume 5 in a series published in 2022 by Aeronaut Books provides the history of the 10,000 Chinese workers who built the Central Pacific across the toughest topography in America. New

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High Road to Promontory by George Kraus (W 3)

Gene Harmon — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:23:23 +0000

This 317 book covers the history of building the Central Pacific Railroad across the High Sierra. All 100 images are black and white. Published by American West Publishing in 1969, this volume is in very good used condition. The jacket has small tears and edge damage along the top with some scuffing. The jacket has sun bleaching on the spine only.

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Dot, Dot, Dot, Done! by History West (W 8)

Gene Harmon — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:22:26 +0000

This paperbound book, published in 1981, describes the development of the Central Pacific and the subsequent history of the SP portion of the transcontinental railroad. With color and B&W photos of trains, stations and ads, this volume captures the magic of this historic route.

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