Project Gutenberg 2016-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 96 Union Pacific Railroad Company. Passenger Department Union Pacific Railroad Company. Passenger Dept. Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Department Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept. Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Traffic Department The Overland Route to the Road of a Thousand Wonders The Route of the Union Pacific & The Southern Pacific Railroads from Omaha to San Francisco, a Journey of Eighteen Hundred Miles Where Once the Bison & the Indian Reigned Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rick Morris and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Overland Route to The Road of a Thousand Wonders" is an informative publication issued by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Passenger Departments in the early 20th century, specifically around 1908. This book serves as a historical account detailing the route of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads from Omaha to San Francisco, covering approximately eighteen hundred miles. It likely aims to document the journey through the vast landscapes of the American West, touching on themes of exploration and settlement where wildlife, like bison and native peoples, once thrived. The content of the book provides a narrative of the Overland Route, reflecting on both its historical significance and the transformation it brought to the American frontier. Starting from Council Bluffs, Iowa, it highlights the pioneers, explorers, and Native American interactions along the trail, as well as the expansion of railroads that operationally replaced earlier wagon trains and stagecoaches. It includes vivid descriptions of the various landscapes encountered, such as the Rocky Mountains and Great Salt Lake, while exploring the rich history revealed through towns, mining camps, and the challenges faced by those who traversed this path. The author celebrates the meeting point of the railways in Promontory, Utah, signified by the driving of the golden spike, marking a monumental achievement in connecting the continent across diverse terrains. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Union Pacific Railroad Company Southern Pacific Company Railroad travel -- West (U.S.) F590.3 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 153715 154061 2024-09-21T15:12:35.149340 2023-09-22T11:51:23.615424 text/html text/html 145970 2016-04-23T19:33:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 10878174 2016-04-23T19:35:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 11666240 2024-09-21T15:12:43.526863 application/epub+zip 11669312 2024-09-21T15:12:38.667900 application/epub+zip 112500 2024-09-21T15:12:36.438350 application/epub+zip 11320474 2024-09-21T15:12:46.223846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 11307201 2024-09-21T15:12:41.494060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154223 2022-09-23T16:14:57.815291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117015 116913 2024-09-21T15:12:34.172397 2023-09-22T11:51:21.271387 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 117505 2016-04-23T19:33:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 47188 2016-04-23T19:35:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 117151 2016-04-23T19:34:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47044 2016-04-23T19:35:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20927 2024-09-21T15:12:46.508813 application/rdf+xml 23643 2024-09-21T15:12:36.524361 image/jpeg 3632 2024-09-21T15:12:36.481341 image/jpeg 10946248 2024-09-21T15:12:35.429347 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog