The Expansion of the Western Railroad
The Expansion of the Western Railroad
Authors: Toral Patel and Richard White
These three snapshots of the Western United States in 1879, 1885 and 1893 show the growth of railroads across the American West.
Please note that the extent of rail line between El Paso and San Antonio in the 1885 and 1893 maps was originally mislabeled as Texas & Pacific. This line was actually the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio in 1885 and Southern Pacific by 1893. The line north, between El Paso and Dallas, was part of the Texas & Pacific.
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The Rise in the American Railway Union, 1893-1894
Population Density in the United States from 1790 to 2000
Union Pacific Shipping from Nebraska: Forwarded/Received
Exports from Colorado by Station in 1885
California Railroad Commission,
Station Construction Data, 1850-1900
Station Construction Data, 1850-1900
Distribution of Union Pacific Stockholders by City (1869)
Union Pacific Shipping from Nebraska: East/West
Western Railroads and Eastern Capital: Regional Networks on Railroad Boards of Directors, 1872-1894
Tracing Railroad Directors, 1872-1894
Extent of Digitized Railroad
Patterns of Change in Railroad Company Board Members, 1872-1894
Quad Index
Seeing Space in Terms of Track Length and Cost of Shipping
Cattle Production in the American West, 1867-1935
Railroad Repeats: The Alfred A. Hart Photo Project
Per Capita Income in the United States: 1880-1910
The Central Pacific and Transcontinental Eleven Step:
How to Run a Transcontinental Railroad
How to Run a Transcontinental Railroad
Examples of Digitizing Rail from Historic USGS Quads
