Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 37, Number 1, 1969

Page 137

The dream of almost every boy was to become an engineer on the railroad, Harry Harpster captured this poignant scene between a boy and a railroad engineer.

Mid-Century Crossing By Rail BY JACK GOODMAN

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Articles inside

The Transcontinental Railroad and the Development of the West

13min
pages 5-17

Contracting for the Union Pacific

29min
pages 18-42

Chinese Laborers and the Construction of the Central Pacific

20min
pages 43-59

Golden Spike National Historic Site: Development of an Historical Reconstruction

12min
pages 60-70

Rendezvous at Promontory: The "Jupiter" and No. 119

9min
pages 71-77

Driving the Last Spike at Promontory 1869

32min
pages 78-103

Corinne, The Fair: Gateway to Montana Mines

26min
pages 104-125

The Undriving of the Golden Spike

12min
pages 126-136

Mid-Century Crossing By Rail

10min
pages 137-146
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