All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers ...
Among many other things, he helped finance the expansion of American railroads and the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Schiff migrated to the United States after the American Civil War and joined the firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co....
The StP&P linked St. Paul with the Canadian border at St. Vincent, Minnesota according to Mike Schafer's book, "Classic American Railroads," Hill's ambitions included opening a new line to the west, similar to the Northern Pacific project then underway. In 1879 he formed the St. Paul, ...
Although being a notoriously dry state, Colorado boasts a myriad of rivers, creeks, and streams throughout the whole state. These hundreds of waterways are often tributaries to larger rivers, ultimately either flowing west or east, depending on which side of the Continental Divide they fall.List...
Carnegie started work as a telegrapher, and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman, raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he ...
Ride all of it. Arizona The longest stretch of genuine old U.S. 66 is in western Arizona, running 90 lonely miles from Seligman to Kingman alongside the tracks of the Burlington-Northern-Santa Fe. Railroads. California The Big Sur Highway, carved out of the coast along the Santa Lucia Ra...
The tiger lily made its way to America with the Chinese slave labor brought to build the railroads. And, they did not bring it as something decorative to brighten up the slave quarters. It was brought as a cure all and planted to help them survive the ardour of slavery. Mostly used in...
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. Western & Atlantic Western Maryland Western Pacific Western Railway of Alabama Westinghouse Weyerhaeuser Wheeling & Lake Erie White Deer & Loganton White Eagle Oil White House Milk White Pass & Yukon Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Willamette & Pacific ...
A grand old depot, Union Station is a must see for history buffs and anyone interested in trains and railroads. Be sure to stroll along 25th Street downtown. This historic block was the center of activity in the early 20th-century and is home to many restored buildings from the railroad ...
A grand old depot, Union Station is a must see for history buffs and anyone interested in trains and railroads. Be sure to stroll along 25th Street downtown. This historic block was the center of activity in the early 20th-century and is home to many restored buildings from the railroad ...