Incidents of a Trip Through the Great Platte Valley, to the Rocky Mountains and Laramie Plains: In the Fall of 1866, with a Synoptical Statement of the Various Pacific Railroads, and an Account of the Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the One Hundreth Meridian of LongitudeD. Van Nostrand, 1867 - 129 pages Col. Silas Seymour's narrative of personal incidents of a trip on a special train on the Union Pacific Railroad with government inspectors in September, 1866 to Kearney, Nebraska and in December, 1866, to the end of track, about 12 miles from North Platte. |
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... continent than I had ever known before . Leaving New York on the evening of the 4th Septem- ber , by the New Jersey , and Pennsylvania Central Rail- roads , we arrived at Pittsburgh on the 5th for dinner , after which we were placed in ...
... continent than I had ever known before . Leaving New York on the evening of the 4th Septem- ber , by the New Jersey , and Pennsylvania Central Rail- roads , we arrived at Pittsburgh on the 5th for dinner , after which we were placed in ...
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... continent , and had come too far for that purpose , to be deterred by any such prognostications ; and we therefore set out at twelve on horseback , after arranging with our driver to meet us at five o'clock with the carriage , at the ...
... continent , and had come too far for that purpose , to be deterred by any such prognostications ; and we therefore set out at twelve on horseback , after arranging with our driver to meet us at five o'clock with the carriage , at the ...
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... Continent . The sum- mit of the Pass is but a few hundred feet below the tim- ber , or arborescent line ; and is about 6,100 feet above Denver City , and 11,200 feet above the level of the sea . The main range , or divide of the continent ...
... Continent . The sum- mit of the Pass is but a few hundred feet below the tim- ber , or arborescent line ; and is about 6,100 feet above Denver City , and 11,200 feet above the level of the sea . The main range , or divide of the continent ...
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... continent . And , Third . That the perpetual snows upon the mountains were intended to furnish an unfailing supply of water to the mountain streams which flow into the Platte ; and thus , during all time , afford the means of irrigation ...
... continent . And , Third . That the perpetual snows upon the mountains were intended to furnish an unfailing supply of water to the mountain streams which flow into the Platte ; and thus , during all time , afford the means of irrigation ...
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... continent , are attached to the construction trains , and find their way in twenty - four hours to the end of the track , many miles west of the one hundredth meridian . One year ago , the great Union Pacific Railroad was regarded as a ...
... continent , are attached to the construction trains , and find their way in twenty - four hours to the end of the track , many miles west of the one hundredth meridian . One year ago , the great Union Pacific Railroad was regarded as a ...
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Page 61 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections of land per mile on each side of said railroad whenever it passes through any State...
Page 61 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Page 58 - ... every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road...
Page 58 - That within two years after the passage of this act said company shall designate the general route of said road, as near as may be, and shall file a map of the same...
Page 67 - ... not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preeruption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 112 - Resolved, That our thanks are due, and are hereby tendered, to the President and other officers of this Association, for the faithful labor by which the success of the Association in the year now closed has been secured.
Page 61 - States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption or other claims or rights at the time the line of said road is designated by a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 60 - City upon the most direct and practicable route to a point on, and so as to connect with, the branch railroad and telegraph in this section hereinbefore mentioned, or with the said Union Pacific Railroad, said point of junction to be fixed by the President of the United States, not further west than the one hundredth meridian of longitude aforesaid, and on the same terms and conditions as provided in this act...
Page 57 - Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley of the Republican river and the north margin of the valley of the Platte river, in the Territory of Nebraska, to the western boundary of Nevada Territory...
Page 57 - Kansas River, by the way of Leavenworth, or, if that be not deemed the best route, then the said company shall, within two years, build a railroad from the city of Leavenworth to unite with the main stem at or near the city of Lawrence ; but to aid in the construction of said branch the said company shall not be entitled to any bonds.