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Contents

Introduction

ONE Picking the Route 1830­1860

TWO Getting to California 1848­1859

THREE The Birth of the Central Pacific 1860­1862

FOUR The Birth of the Union Pacific 1862­1864

FIVE Judah and the Elephant 1862­1864

SIX Laying Out the Union Pacific Line 1864­1865

SEVEN The Central Pacific Attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865

EIGHT The Union Pacific Across Nebraska 1866

NINE The Central Pacific Assaults the Sierra 1866

TEN The Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867

ELEVEN The Central Pacific Penetrates the Summit 1867

TWELVE The Union Pacific Across Wyoming 1868

THIRTEEN Brigham Young and the MormonsMake the Grade 1868

FOURTEEN The Central Pacific Goes Through Nevada 1868

FIFTEEN The Railroads Race into Utah January 1­April 10, 1869

SIXTEEN To the Summit April 11­May 7, 1869

SEVENTEEN Done May 8­10, 1869

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Maps
From Chicago to Omaha
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
California