Download PDF/Epub From the River to the Sea: The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West Writen By John Sedgwick

From the River to the Sea: The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West

By : John Sedgwick

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A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told?of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leaders of the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande to seize, control, and create the American West. It is difficult to imagine now, but for all of its cloudy peaks and gorgeous coastline, the American West might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew well into the 19th century. While gauzy advertising promotions of the West as a paradise on earth intrigued citizens in the East and Midwest, many believed the journey too hazardous to be worthwhile?until 1869, when the first transcontinental railroad changed the face of transportation. Railroad companies soon became the rulers of western expansion, choosing routes, creating brand-new railroad towns, and building up remote settlements like Santa Fe, Albuquerque, San Diego, and El Paso into proper cities. But thinning federal grants left the routes incomplete, an opportunity that two brash new

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Author : John Sedgwick

Pages : 352 pages

Publisher : Avid Reader Press / Simon Schuster

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ISBN-10 : 1982104287

ISBN-13 : 9781982104283

 
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