Pacific Railway Acts, (1862, 1864), two measures that provided federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. The first Pacific Railway Act (July 1, 1862) authorized the building of the railroad and granted rights of way to the...
Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr., to the California-Nevada line, ...
With the definition of standard gauge and the coming of a transcontinental railroad, at a convention in May of 1867 attendees suggested the idea to form an association of men responsible for the cars of each railroad. This association called the "Master Car-Builders Association" was established ...
According to the book, "Union Pacific Railroad," by historians Joe Welsh and Kevin Holland, an amended Pacific Railroad Act of 1864 increased this figure to twenty alternate sections (or around 12,000 acres for every mile completed).
Union Pacific Railroad Company, company that extended the American railway system to the Pacific Coast; it was incorporated by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 1, 1862. The original rail line was built westward 1,006 miles (1,619 km) from Omaha, Nebraska, to meet the Central Pacific...
Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr., to the California-Nevada line, wh...
Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the proposed Northern Pacific Railroad. The line was constructed under an act of Congress ...
In 1864, the Galena & Chicago Union merged with the Chicago & North Western. Among the reasons for adopting the C&NW name for the combined company was that it more accurately described the range of the consolidated company – plus the fact that no part of the combined railroad reached Gale...
April 21, 1919, Spokane, a railroad engineer, resided at Malden, m. had children. 8. William Stephen Liberty, (7) b. at Boston d. in youth. 9. Fred Liberty, (7) b. at Boston, d. age 18. Joseph E. Liberty , (6) d. Feb 3, 1930 and is buried Fairmont, grave /63G27. ...
Union Pacific Railroad Company, company that extended the American railway system to the Pacific Coast; it was incorporated by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 1, 1862. The original rail line was built westward 1,006 miles (1,619 km) from Omaha, Nebraska, to meet the Central Pacific...