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c2000., Young Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: HIST 385 .0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
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[1973]., Adults, Time-Life Books Call No: HIST 385 .0978 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Old West (Alexandria, Va.)Summary Note: History of the building and development of railroads in the western United States.
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By Elish, Danc1993., 5-8, Millbrook Press Call No: J HIST 385 .0973 Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Series Title: Spotlight on American historySummary Note: Describes the efforts to build the first railroad to link the eastern and western United States and the obstacles that had to be overcome in the process.