transcontinental railroad
America The Story of Us: CIVIL WAR
The Civil War rages. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union’s mastery of technology as railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. The transcontinental railroad unites the nation [...]
Trans-Continental Railroads
On a somber day in Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln ended his famous address with a promise that the war-torn nation would be reborn. The greatest symbol of that rebirth had already begun, hailed as an engineering [...]
Railroads That Tamed The West, The
Gold. Silver. Land. Opportunity. But first, you had to get there! In 1869, one of the greatest building achievements in history the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. But for the stalwart settlers willing to risk it [...]
