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Admin23.08.2021

Forgotten Workers

Crocker recruited miners from Cornwall, England, then well-known for its mining industry, to come out to the site and move the work along.
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Admin05.08.2021

Railroads in the 1800s: History for kids ***

Officially placed into service on July 4, 1831 it was initially pulled by horses although steam locomotives had soon taken over these duties by July 13th.
Admin05.09.2021

History of rail transportation in the United States

Hill formed the to consolidate the operations of the Northern Pacific with Hill's own Great Northern, but President , a , strongly disapproved and took it to court.
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Admin17.08.2021

Railroads, Race, and the Transformation of Oregon

However, only those who were employed for over ten years and were employed at the time the Railroad Retirement Board was created 1935 will be found in the Board's records.
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Admin20.06.2021

Lives on the Railroad

provided both companies with land grants and financing.
Admin18.08.2021

Railroads, Race, and the Transformation of Oregon

Though they have discovered evidence that many workers were able to read and write in Chinese, Stanford researchers have found no letters or journals from them, perhaps because they were destroyed or not preserved during the ensuing social upheaval in China.
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Admin31.07.2021

Arizona Railroads: Map, History, Abandoned Lines

Later, the farmers began to demand that the government own the railroads.
Admin19.07.2021

150 Years Ago, Chinese Railroad Workers Staged the Era's Largest Labor Strike

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Admin06.08.2021

What did miners cowboys and railroad workers in the late 1800s have in common?

In small towns, the telegraph operator or station agent usually did this.
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Admin22.07.2021

Arizona Railroads: Map, History, Abandoned Lines

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Admin26.08.2021

Lives on the Railroad

The American railroad era exploded in 1830 when Peter Cooper's steam locomotive, called Tom Thumb, first steamed along 13 miles 21 km of Baltimore and Ohio railroad track and the history of railroads in the 1800s began.
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Admin27.06.2021

The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country: Recovering an erased history

The concept quickly caught on throughout the industry and by 1850 few two-axle freight cars remained in service.
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