Iron Horses by Borneman, Walter R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Welcome Dedication Introduction: Railroad Battleground Railroads and Railroaders: A Cast of Characters Major Events in Building the Southwestern Transcontinental System Part I: Opening Gambits (1853–1874)

1. LINES UPON THE MAP 2. LEARNING THE RAILS 3. AN INTERRUPTION OF WAR 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL BY ANY NAME 5. THE SANTA FE JOINS THE FRAY 6. STRAIGHT WEST FROM DENVER 7. “WHY IS IT WE HAVE SO MANY BITTER ENEMIES?”

Part II: Contested Empire (1874–1889)

8. SHOWDOWN AT YUMA 9. IMPASSE AT RATON 10. BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE GORGE 11. HANDSHAKE AT DEMING 12. WEST ACROSS TEXAS 13. TRANSCONTINENTAL AT LAST 14. BATTLING FOR CALIFORNIA 15. GOULD AGAIN 16. TO THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA 17. CALIFORNIA FOR A DOLLAR

Part III: Santa Fe All the Way (1889–1909)

18. MAKING THE MARKETS 19. CANYON DREAMS AND SCHEMES 20. THE BOOM GOES BUST 21. STILL WEST FROM DENVER 22. TOP OF THE HEAP 23. DUELING STREAMLINERS

Afterword: American Railroads in the Twenty-first Century Photo Insert Acknowledgments List of Maps Notes Bibliography About the Author Also by Walter R. Borneman Praise for Walter R. Borneman’s "Iron Horses" Newsletters Table of Contents Copyright

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