Bibliography

Primary:
House of Representatives. Proceedings. Messages of the Governors. 1889. Document No. 4. This document had good information about the kind of products that were being exported from the Puget Sound area in 1889. It talked about how the abundance of forest and mineral resources in Washington benefit the state. It also talked about how the transcontinental railroad system would improve Washingtons industrial growth rate.

Secretary of State Territory. Records of State Legislature. Senate Resolutions. 1893. Document No. 3. This source talked about how the railroad companies used their immense grants of land. The document gave examples of how the railroad companies affected other businesses and industries. The Northern Pacific Railroad. The Northern Pacific Railroad; its Route, resources, Progress and Business. Philadelphia: Jay Cooke & Co., 1871. This source had a little information on the land grants of the Northern Pacific Railroad. It also had information on where the Northern Pacific route went and the amount of acres average per mile along the entire road. United States. Supreme Court. Clerk of the Territorial Supreme Court. Cause files, 1886. Document No. 2. This source talked about the importance of a railroad station in Yakama. It also talked about how the Territory of Washington was suing the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Whitney, Asa. Project for a Railroad to the Pacific. New York: Printed by George W. Wood, No.15 Spruce Street, 1849. This booklet of Asa Whitneys negotiated the idea of a railroad to the Pacific. Unlike other sources, it was clear and great for taking quotes. The print held good information from the opinion of Whitney of how a railroad to the Pacific would benefit the country.

Photographs, Maps, and Images:

Becker, Joseph. Chinese Railroad Workers in the Snow, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 19th Century. Web. Found at<http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinentalrailroad/photos.html> This drawing of Chinese railroad workers in the snow gives an idea of what some of the construction sites looked like. I used this picture to also show that there were a lot of Chinese workers.

Covers from the Timetable and Tap for the Great American Over-Land Route. 1881. Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinental-railroad/photos.html>. This photo of the two covers shows some of the excitement and advertising of the new transcontinental railroad. Drilling in Cut, Monterey. 1889. Record Number 001389203. California State Library. Web. Found at: <http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/?func=find-e-0&local_base=images>. This picture shows Chinese laborers working on the railroads in Monterey County. Engine No. 9 Crew. 1915. Southwest Washington Logging and Railroad Photographs, 19141941. Washington State Archives. Digital Archives. Web. Found at: <http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov>. This photo was used as a postcard. It is a photograph of the crew of a logging train in 1915. Grenville Doge. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinentalrailroad/photos.html>. In this picture, Grenville Dodge is the chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Dodge signed on to be chief engineer in May 1866. He later retired in 1870. Great Northern Railway Engine, Spokane. 1940. State Library Photograph Collection. Washington State Archives. Digital Archives. Web. Found at: <http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov>. I used this photo of a Great Northern railway engine to show one of the railroads that came after the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. Hart, Alfred A. Heading of East Portal Tunnel No. 8. Sacramento, Calif.: Golden State Photographic Gallery. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005682948/>. This is a picture of a Chinese tea carrier outside the east portal tunnel #8. I used this photo to show more of the Chinese laborers at work. Healy, George P.A. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. 1869. White House Collection. Web. Found at :< http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinental-railroad/photos.html>. In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed a Pacific Railroad Act to begin the building of another transcontinental railroad. This railroad would become the Union Pacific Railroad. Hunters Stampeding Buffalo Herd. 1917. Call Number LOT 11139. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005691559/>. This was an important photograph because it showed hunters trying to stamped buffalo herd. The railroads brought white society further into Central America where they easily caught buffalo that the Native Americans depended on.

Johnson, Edwin Ferry. Map of the Proposed Northern Route for a Railroad to the Pacific. Hartford, Conn., 1853. Web. Found at :< http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/railroadmaps/thinking4.html>. This is a Map shows the proposed route for a transcontinental railroad across America. Leland Stanford, One of the Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1890. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinental-railroad/photos.html>. I used this image to show Leland Stanford because he was an important person in the building of the transcontinental railroad being one of the Big Four. Lenggenhager, Werner. Central Pacific Railroad Locomotive #60 at Union Station. State Library Photograph Collection, 1851-1990. Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. Web. Found at: <http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov>. The Central Pacific Railroad was the first transcontinental railroad to be made. This picture shows on of the locomotives at Union Station. Lenggenhager, Werner. Union Pacific Railroad Locomotive #119. 1969. State Library Photograph Collection, 1851-1990. Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. Web. Found at :< http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov,>. This photograph shows locomotive #119 of the Union Pacific Railroad. I used it in the header of my website along with a picture of a locomotive from the Central Pacific Railroad because the two railroads were joined together to become the first transcontinental railroad. Map Showing the Union Pacific Railway and Branch Lines. New York, 1888. Web. Found at: <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:1:./temp/~ammem_wV1n::>. This strip map was helpful because it shows the route of the Union Pacific Railroad from Illinois to California. It also includes some of the branch lines. Northern Pacific Railcar. 1916. Southwest Washington Logging and Railroad Photographs, 1914-1941. Washington State Archives, Digital Archives. Web. Found at: < http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov>. This photograph showed a Northern Pacific Railcar in Bordeaux, Washington, 1916. This photo was used as a postcard. Off Cape Horn. 1877. Library of Congress. Web. Found at : <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003670247/>. This painting of a sailboat sailing off Cape Horn was important to my website because it shows how people traveled coast to coast in America before the transcontinental railroad.

Overland Journeys P.13. No. 10173. Utah State Historical Society. Web. Found at: <http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/USHS_Class&CISOP TR=21674&CISOBOX=1&REC=4>. This photograph captures families of pioneers with their covered wagons, migrating across the Great Plains before the transcontinental railroad. Taber, I.W. Mark Hopkins, one of the Big Four directors of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1878. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinental-railroad/photos.html>. In 1861 Mark Hopkins was named treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. I showed this picture of him because he was an important person in the making of the railroad. The Attack and Capture of Our Train, July 12, 1864. 1871. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003663676/>. I used this image of a covered wagon being attacked by Indians to show the dangers of travel prior the transcontinental railroad. The Last Spike. Painting by Thomas hill. 1881. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinental-railroad/photos.html>. This is a painting of May 10, 1869 when the last spike was driven into the first transcontinental railroad. Theodore Judah.1863. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinentalrailroad/photos.html>. Theodore Judah was a railroad advocate with big dreams of building a railroad to the Pacific. Judah built the first railroad west of the Missouri River in 1865. He was so enthusiastic he earned the name Crazy Judah. Judah died one a trip to New York from the west coast while at a port in Panama. Watkins, C.E. Collis P. Huntington, One of the Big Four directors of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1878. Web. Found at: <http://www.shmoop.com/transcontinentalrailroad/photos.html>. Collis P. Huntington filled the role of the Central Pacific Railroad Companys lobbyist. Waud, Alfred R. Work on the Last Mile of the Pacific Railroad- Mingling of European with Asiatic Laborers. Record Number 001391752. New York: Harpers Weekly, 1869. California State Library. Web. Found at: < http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/?func=find-e0&local_base=images>. I used this drawing because it shows the making of the last mile of the Pacific Railroad. I also noticed the mix of European and Asian laborers.

Newspapers:

Iron Country Record., November 24, 1922, Image 6. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/>. The page is titled Union Pacifics Position in Central Pacific Case. There is a passage titled, As the Union Pacific Views It. This passage talked about the position of the Union Pacific Railroad. This source was good for taking quotes. The Logan Republican., May 08, 1919, Page four, Image 7. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/>. This newspaper article is about a celebration commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railway. The railroad was completed forty years and two days prior the date the article was published. Vermont Watchman and State Journal. (Montpelier, Vt.). November 25, 1847. Image 1. Library of Congress. Web. Found at: < http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/>. This article is an address of Asa Whitney talking about a railroad to the Pacific. It was delivered before the General Assembly of the State of Vermont. This source was good for taking quotes.

Other:
Vintage Train Sound 41. 1 June 2009. Big Eye Music. This is a great sound of a vintage train sound. It is from an album titled Vintage Train Sounds. The artist is Train Sounds. I thought that this sound was a good background for my website considering my topic is about the transcontinental railroad.

Secondary:
Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. New York: Ambrose-Tubbs, Inc., 2000. Print. This book gave me information about the railroad going through 3 time zones and gave useful information on how they built the railroad. It also led me to a few primary sources through its bibliography. Dasho, Randy. Personal Telephone Interview. 25 February 2012. This was an interesting interview. I saw Randy Dasho, local train historian, speak at the Washington State History Museum on the impact of the transcontinental railroads. I then received his phone number and arranged for an interview via telephone. He had in depth answers to my questions and the interview went well. Dufwa, Thamar E. Transcontinental Railroad Legislation, 1835-1862. New York: Arno Press Inc., 1981. Print.

This source gave me a good background on the development of the idea for the Pacific railroad. It also gave estimated prices for Whitneys plan on how to achieve the railroad. Great Northern Railway Company. Encyclopedia Britannic. Web. 14 December 2011 <http://www.library.eb.com/eb/article-9037870>. This web article gave great background on the Great Northern Railway. It also gave information on the important people and how the railroad became collectively combined from two other railroads. Houghton, Gillian. Primary Sources in American History: The Transcontinental Railroad, a Primary Source History of Americas First Coast-To-Coast Railroad. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group Inc., 2003. Print. This book gave an extremely good time line. The book had the basic background of the building of the Central Pacific Railway Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Maclntosh, Heather M. Workers drive last spike into transcontinental tracks to Seattle on January 6, 1893. History Link Essay 1322. 13 June 1999. Web. 22 November 2011 <Historylink.org>. This web article talked about the finishing of the Great Northern Railway. It also talked about how momentous an achievement it was and the important people that helped tie everything together at the end. Meltzer, Milton. Hear That Train Whistle Blow! How The Railroad Changed The World. New York: Random House Inc., 2004. Print. This book was helpful because it gave background of the Central Pacific Railroad, although it had similar information as the other sources on the Central Pacific. Northern Pacific Railway Company. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 14 December 2011 <http://www.library.eb.com/eb/article-9056260>. This web article had great information on the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad. It was clear and straightforward. Olson, Nathan. The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Mankato: Capstone Press, 2007. Print. This book had background on the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific. This source had information on coast to coast travel before the transcontinental railroads. Renz, Louis T. The Construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Walla Walla: Louis Renz, 1973. This source had clear information about the beginning of building the Northern Pacific railway. It listen important dates, and gave a strong background of the history of the railway.

Sabin, Edwin L. Building the Pacific Railway. Philadelphia: JB Lippinott Company, 1919. Print. This book had good information on the important people who built the Pacific Railway and what their part was in the whole project. The book also explained all the parts and the crew members needed to build a railway. Streissguth, Thomas. The Transcontinental Railroad. San Diego: Luccent Books Inc., 2000. Print. This book had specific information about the building of the transcontinental railroad. It had information about the idea, finding the route, the people involved, how they built a railroad, early steam locomotives, and transcontinental visions. Strom, Claire. Profiting from the Plains: The Great Northern Railway and Corporate Development of the American West. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. Print. This source had many important dates in the history of the Great Northern Railway. It was also clear and concise. Students. Immigration: The Journey to America the Chinese. Oracle Think Quest. 1998. Web. 22 January 2012<library.thinkquest.org/2619/Chinese.html>. This website had information on relations between the transcontinental and Chinese immigration. The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. PBS General Article. 1996. Web. 22 January 2012 <PBS.org>. This website was an incredibly helpful source. The article talked about the impact of the railroad. It had clear information and was easy to understand. The Railroads that Tamed the West. The History Channel. DVD. 29 November 2005. This documentary has a lot of information about the transcontinental railroads. Because it was a documentary, it used more visual ways of explaining how the trains worked, which helped.

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