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 σελίδες 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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Σελίδα 12
... reached them after a long two hours ' ride of twelve miles , behind our " safe and reli- able " mules , over the intervening plains . We entered the somewhat broken and irregular base of the first range , or Table Mountain , as it is ...
... reached them after a long two hours ' ride of twelve miles , behind our " safe and reli- able " mules , over the intervening plains . We entered the somewhat broken and irregular base of the first range , or Table Mountain , as it is ...
Σελίδα 16
... reached Berthoud Pass at two P. M. on Tuesday , September 18 ; and were , for the first time in our lives , greeted with a most extended and magnificent view of the Pacific slope of the Western Continent . The sum- mit of the Pass is ...
... reached Berthoud Pass at two P. M. on Tuesday , September 18 ; and were , for the first time in our lives , greeted with a most extended and magnificent view of the Pacific slope of the Western Continent . The sum- mit of the Pass is ...
Σελίδα 17
... reached the summit of this grand mountain range , in com- pany with Col. Seymour , the Consulting Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad , and Mr. Brown , Assistant Engineer , my first impulse is to write to my friends at home . One of ...
... reached the summit of this grand mountain range , in com- pany with Col. Seymour , the Consulting Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad , and Mr. Brown , Assistant Engineer , my first impulse is to write to my friends at home . One of ...
Σελίδα 18
... reached Empire City , at six P. M .; but Mr. Williams , participating to some extent in the peculiar characteristics of a locomo- tive , from his long ride upon the back of old " Knock- um - Stiff , " as he facetiously styled his horse ...
... reached Empire City , at six P. M .; but Mr. Williams , participating to some extent in the peculiar characteristics of a locomo- tive , from his long ride upon the back of old " Knock- um - Stiff , " as he facetiously styled his horse ...
Σελίδα 20
... reached Idaho at ten in the morning , and stopped a few minutes to say some parting words to our friends of the Beebe House . We then commenced the ascent of the Virginia Cañon , and the descent of Russell Gulch , a distance of seven ...
... reached Idaho at ten in the morning , and stopped a few minutes to say some parting words to our friends of the Beebe House . We then commenced the ascent of the Virginia Cañon , and the descent of Russell Gulch , a distance of seven ...
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Σελίδα 63 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 60 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 60 - 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...
Σελίδα 63 - Office; 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 pre-empted 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.
Σελίδα 69 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 114 - 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.
Σελίδα 63 - 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...
Σελίδα 62 - 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...
Σελίδα 59 - 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...
Σελίδα 61 - ... issue their first mortgage bonds on their respective railroad and telegraph lines to an amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds of the United States...
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