Crofutts trans-continental tourists guide ... over the Union Pacific railroad, Central Pacific
Container / Volume:
5th vol., and 4th annual revise
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
The joining of the First Transcontinental Railroad, likely based on the photograph taken by Andrew J. Russell of the ceremony of the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869.
Description:
Wood engraving signed: Baker
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Guidebooks
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Print depicts the town of Sherman, Wyoming, at the summit of the original grade of the Union Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 8,247 ft (2,514 m); shows the town's two hotels, Sherman House and Summit House, train engine and flat cars, other buildings, and the Laramie Mountains in the background
Description:
BEIN BrSides4o Zc47 869un: On sheet 13.0 x 28.5 cm. and Title from caption below image
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
Sherman (Albany County, Wyo. : Ghost town), Albany County (Wyo.), United States, and Overland Trails
