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2/4/2008 Solano
Ferry plans
8/21/2006 First
proposal for a railroad to the Pacific, 1832
8/20/2006 Donner
Summit Panoramas, 2006 by Bruce C. Cooper
10/14/2005 "The
Last Spike is Driven." Utah Historical Quarterly, 37(1), Winter 1969.
9/7/2005 "Listing
of Overland Route Stations and Mileage, 1866-1996" by Lynn D. Farrar
9/6/2005 CPRR
Engineering Department Payrolls 1862-1863
8/26/2005 "Along
the CPRR Old Grade in Nevada, August, 2005" by G.J. Graves
1/15/2005 Examples of Pottery
Used in 19th Century CPRR Chinese Worker Camps.
12/11/2004 "The Sacramento General Shops:
Southern Pacific Company – Pacific Lines." by
D.L. Joslyn, 1948.
11/20/2004 "Railroad Communication Across the Continent." CPRR
Bond Prospectus, 1868.
11/14/2004 "Cathay
in Eldorado: The Chinese in California." Keepsake Series, 1972. [CPRR] Courtesy The
Book Club Of California.
10/24/2004 The
Overland Trail: From The Golden Gate to The Great Salt Lake, Along the Southern
Pacific
10/24/2004 Railroad
Town Maps c. 1908-1915: Rocklin, CA, and Wadsworth, Carlin, and Wells,
NV (showing roundhouses)
10/11/2004 Pacific Railroad Traveler's
Letter, San Francisco, California, William Smith, 1875
10/6/2004 Lease of
Central Pacific Railroad Company to Southern Pacific Company, 1885
9/20/2004 "Historical
Souvenir of San Francisco, Cal." View Book by C. P. Heininger, San
Francisco, Cal., c. 1887
9/16/2004 "Theodore Dehone Judah–Railroad
Pioneer" by John D. Galloway. Civil Engineering, 1941
9/15/2004 "Building the
Central Pacific Rail Road of California–1863-1869" from The
Governor: The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford by Norman E. Tutorow,
2004. Courtesy N.E. Tutorow and The
Arthur H. Clark Company.
9/12/2004 Guidebooks: Pacific Coast Souvenir, 1888 &
Nelsons' Scenery of California, 1871
8/17/2004 "Railroad
Story Book: A Thousand Miles by Rail." McLoughlin Bros, New York, 1907. (Children's
Book - Juvenile)
8/1/2004 Souvenir
of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco (1875-1906)
6/26/2004 Railroad Map Exhibit has
several new High Resolution Maps
6/5/2004 "Another
Theory or Myth on Cape Horn"
4/28/2004 "The
Most Eventful Journey in the History of Railroading." Walter
Scott Fitz, letter, 1872
12/5/2003 Chinese
Labor, Construction Payroll, Charles Crocker, Contractor, CPRR, March, 1865
11/25/2003 Gretchen
Schafer's 1871 Diary: Travel on the Transcontinental Railroad; Newcastle
Trestle
8/22/2003 Contemporary
Views Along the Original CPRR Sierra
Grade from Newcastle to Donner Pass, August, 2003
7/28/2003 "The
Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist," by Mead B. Kibbey. California State Library
Foundation, 1995
7/6/2003 New
Castle Trestle Construction Payroll, Charles Crocker, Contractor, CPRR, 1865
6/30/2003 Sparks,
Nevada Roundhouse Panorama – "World's Largest Roundhouse," SPRR,
c. 1904-1905
6/7/2003 "The
Legend of Cape Horn." by Edson T. Strobridge
5/28/2003 "From
Trail to Rail–A History of the Southern Pacific Company." Southern
Pacific Bulletin, 1926-1928
5/24/2003 Anaglyphs
for viewing with red/blue filters
5/14/2003 Engraved
Advertisements from Railway Review, 1882
5/6/2003 Geologic Atlas of the United
States, Sierra Nevada Folios, USGS, 1894-1900
4/28/2003 Additional
Transcontinental Railroad Historical 19th Century Reports
4/25/2003 Emigrant
Woman's First Person Account of Travel on the Transcontinental Railroad. Letter,
1877
4/13/2003 "The
Story of the Central Pacific." by
W. F. Bailey The Pacific Monthly, January, 1908
4/12/2003 The letters spelling the
names of the States now link with USGS railroad topo maps showing the corresponding
geography
3/31/2003 CPRR/UPRR "Overland
Route" Timetable & Transcontinental Railroad Map, 1881
3/19/2003 Charles
Weitfle Stereoviews & Cabinet
Cards of the Union Pacific Railroad
2/6/2003 Index
to The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress (Pacific Railroad)
11/17/2002 Railroad Passes
of A.A. Barnes, General Editor of the "Travelers' Official Railway Guide," 1873
10/20/2002 Master Photographers from
the Fred Lightfoot Collection
9/25/2002 Central
Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Timetable, 1882, with route map
9/23/2002 Report on Transcontinental
Railways, Secretary of War, 1883
9/13/2002 CPRR Railroadiana
Collectibles accompanied by a CPRR Corporate History
9/7/2002 Steam Locomotives and
More
5/21/2002 Pacific Railroad
Survey Reports, 1853-1854
5/11/2002 Western
U.S. Atlas Maps from the Art Source International Collection
5/10/2002 Contents
and List of Engravings for Williams' Pacific Tourist, 1876 Guidebook
4/2/2002 Land
Grant Checkerboard: Map of Central Pacific Land Company Lands in California
& Nevada, 1924
3/31/2002 Greatly Expanded Transcontinental
Railroad Overland Route Postcard Exhibit
3/30/2002 CPRR Chief
Engineer Samuel S. Montague's Linen Survey Map of the Sierra Summit
3/29/2002 Favorite Homework Pictures
3/24/2002 Trans-Continental
1870 Excursion On-board Newspaper; USGS
Topographic Maps of Entire RR Route, 1916 Report
11/6/2001 Manuscripts from the National
Archives
10/24/2001 California Iron from the G. J. Graves
Collection
9/1/2001 Pacific
Railroad Acts. (Laws enacted 1862-1874, annotated.)
8/14/01: First
CPRR Annual Report with Theodore D. Judah's Chief Engineer's Report, 1863
6/24/01: Chinese
Immigration, United States Senate Report, 1877
6/14/01: Role
of the Mormons in Utah in the transcontinental railroad construction.
6/10/01: Early
Railroad Engineers of the CPRR & UPRR - Digitally restored portraits
5/14/01: Autobiography
of CPRR engineer and surveyor Henry Root.
5/5/01: California
Historical Society article on Driving the Last Spike
4/24/01: Legislative
History of the First Transcontinental Railroad from the Congressional Globe
4/21/01: Stereo
World articles, and Historic American
Engineering Record
3/27/01: Annex
now includes 800 additional images
3/26/01: J.B. Silvis,
the Union Pacific's Nomadic Photographer
2/27/01: California Newspapers,
1865-1866
2/25/01: The Great Railroad
Race — Elementary Education Game for School Children
1/22/01: Greatly expanded stereoview
exhibit
9/22/00: Archive now
includes 1,300 full size images. New and updated Exhibits and History Readings
8/2/00: Archive display
improved
7/7/00: Archive of
more than 1,000 stereoviews of the CPRR, UPRR, San Francisco, and Salt Lake
City
5/23/00: CPRR Images
at the California Heritage Collection. Additional readings, survey maps
3/4/00: Travel
Guides and Kudos—What visitors liked best
about the CPRR Museum added
2/29/00: CPRR
Across Nevada and Transcontinental Railroad Historical
Landmarks added
2/23/00: Postal
History, Pacific Railroad Survey,
and Railroad Stocks & Bonds added; Additional readings and maps
2/10/00: Museum Bookshop lists new transcontinental railroad books and videotapes
10/20/99: Additional readings and maps
9/1/99: Several new readings and exhibits
6/7/99: Search
the CPRR.org website! New articles on 19th Century
Photography, Chinese Workers, and RR
Construction
5/29/99: Articles on "Tunnels" and "History
of Construction" added; Union
Pacific Stereographs added; Additional FAQ's
5/27/99: Hart Stereograph
Catalog can be sorted by Hart View Number, Stanford Album Number, or Miles
from Sacramento
5/21/99: Additional
Stereographs added to Exhibit; Muybridge
Stereographs added. Red card image files are smaller.
5/16/99: Two additional articles from the
1869 "Overland Monthly" (read
about the CPRR construction).
5/14/99: Photographs added from the Robert
Dennis Stereograph Collection, New York Public Library.
5/7/1999: "Joining of the Rails" Photographs, Currier & Ives
prints, maps, ephemera,
links added.
3/10/1999: Maps, ephemera, and engravings added.
3/5/1999: Image magnification increased and additional
stereographs added to Exhibit.
3/1/1999: Image magnification increased and additional
Hart stereographs added to Photo Gallery.
2/18/1999: Moved to http://CPRR.org
2/18/1999: Website is part of the Railroad WebRing.
2/17/1999: Additional maps and photographs added.
2/4/1999: Website is part of the Stereoscopic 3D Web
Ring.
1/31/1999: Bibliography: List of Railroad
and Photography Books added.
1/26/1999: Website first published. Top
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