Union pacific railroad map 1880. 80cm The following towns are featured: counties map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the Map of Nebraska showing the Union Pacific Railroad land grant. " Incorporated in 1862 by Act of Congress providing for the construction of a continuous line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Library of Congress Union Pacific is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U. , 1889; from an Investor's Supplement, Vol. O'Brien. The surge of industrial activity near the end of the 19th century coupled with the arrival of homesteaders created a demand for transportation more efficient than stage coaches and freight wagons. Because of their historical nature, some of these images may show signs of wear and tear - small rips Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and Sep 22, 1999 · Development of a northern railroad took a back seat to political and economic pressures elsewhere, and the honor of completing the nation's first transcontinental railroad fell to the California-bound Union Pacific in 1869. Courtesy Library of Congress. This excursion demonstrated Union Pacific's capability to build the railroad and terminated at the 100th meridian, near Cozad, Neb. One of Colorado's most famous railroad engineering feats is just 42 miles from Denver. By: Adam Burns The Union Pacific (UP) is one the largest and most powerful railroads in the country. It’s a collection of more than 4,000 railroad maps held by the State Archives. Scenic illustrations border the map. It was decided to push the railroad up the valley another two miles to the neighboring mining camp of Silver Plume. Ironically, although the Union Pacific Corporation was the dominant parent company, taking Sep 6, 2024 · First Railroad * California's very first railroad actually put into service was the Arcata & Mad River Railroad. Harriman after the business depression of 1893. 42 X 82. A small sampling is shown in this photo gallery. The statewide map above is from 1910. It was reorganized in 1863 into the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division. Southern Pacific Railroad – various surveys 1880-1923 Prescott & Phoenix Shortline Railroad / SPRR – survey 1910-1915 Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad – survey 1895-1905 The collection contains digitized images of Union Pacific diagrams and drawings of steam locomotives; issues of "Info" magazine (1971-2000), a monthly publication distributed to Union Pacific employees; Union Pacific publications for training, rules, policies, and regulations; newsletters, diagrams and drawings, track charts, timetables, and reports; photographs, slides, and negatives of 150th anniversary of the signing of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862, which chartered The Union Pacific Railroad Company to build west from the Missouri River for the transcontinental railroad. 4014, with proceeds going to two worthy causes: the Union Pacific Museum Association and Union Pacific’s Friend-to-Friend Network, a nonprofit that benefits railroad families in times of need, such as medical or natural disaster 1 map; 14 x 23 cm. ) Union Pacific celebrates the shared stories that have shaped our country since 1862. View this item and discover similar for sale at 1stDibs - Antique map titled 'Map of the Southern Pacific Railroad and connections'. This map was in fact printed one year before the completion of the road. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. In 1862, Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which authorized the construction of a transcontinental railroad. Omaha, 1880, 1880. Sep 27, 2023 · A year after the native Sioux tribe forced the closure of the Bozeman and Bridger trails in 1868, which connected southeast Wyoming to the mining towns of southwest Montana, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad met at Promontory Point, Utah, where Central Pacific Railroad president Leland Stanford pounded the last stake in the Chicago citation style: Parge, H. For the history of the Union Pacific Railroad (Mark II), see Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Transportation Company. Map of Nebraska showing the Union Pacific Railroad land grant. Congress chartered the Northern Pacific Railway Company on July 2, 1864, with the goals of connecting the Great Lakes with Puget Sound on the Pacific, opening vast new lands for farming, ranching, lumbering and mining, and linking Washington and Oregon to the rest of the country. These include Santa Fe's "Transcon" (Los Angeles-Chicago), Southern Pacific's "Sunset Route" (Los Angeles-New Orleans), and Southern Pacific's "Golden State Route" (via Tucumcari, New Mexico and the old Rock Island main line). jpg 9,936 × 4,384; 7. This beautiful historic map reprint of the United States features relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The connection of the line with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completed the first transcontinental railroad in Old Railroad Map - Union Pacific Railway - Rand McNally 1883 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on high-quality gloss paper, art paper or canvas. 1870. Like many states across the Southwest, New Mexico is defined by through routes and many remain active into the modern era. 2 MB Union Pacific Railroad (or legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight-hauling railroad that has 8,500 locomotives. They have over 32,100 route-miles in 23 U. The first railroad to stretch across the United States, the Union Pacific Railroad, was completed in just four years--from 1865 to 1869. 1864: The American Continent. . R. Mar 27, 2019 · Railroads in North America: Railroad History and Genealogy Database. Carbutt of Chicago, in October of 1866 shows directors of the Union Pacific Railroad gathering beside the steam locomotive "Idaho," passenger train cars, and a painted sign with Sectional map of part of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the survey lines. 60 inches 58. Iowa Railroad Freight Service map; Chronology of Iowa's Railroad Abandonments; Grain Loading and Processing Facilities in Iowa; Iowa Biodiesel and Ethanol Processing Plant map; Iowa Passenger Railroad Map ; Historic Iowa rail maps. in downtown St. 00 x 40. As the Pacific Railroad of Missouri was not able to continue construction South and West, the decision was made the spin off the branch from Franklin, MO (known as Pacific, MO today) as a separate company. The Union Pacific Railroad system is the biggest in the United States. 00 x 32. The easy-to-use getaway to historical maps in libraries around the world. XLIX ; Novemeber, 1889 Jun 26, 2004 · Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Photographs, stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad. Print Size: 23. Railroads met this need with the Utah and Northern Railroad entering the Montana Territory in 1880. and 1880 Union Pacific land grants Derived from the two maps below. Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and surveys of 1864, 65, 66, 67, 1868 from Missouri River to Humboldt Wells, G. Steroview taken by James C. The laborers of the 1876 – November – Kansas Pacific Railway is in receivership. The document was created as a result of a Colorado State Historical Fund grant awarded to Colorado State Parks for the purpose of preparing a historic context that would assist in evaluation and planning efforts related to railroad abandonments and potential rails-to-trails conversions. The Union Pacific Museum archives contain more than 500,000 images. Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents are treasures of western Americana that illustrate the history of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California over the Sierra Nevada mountains, the to end of track at the Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory, Utah where the rails were joined on May 10, 1869 with the Union Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific Collections - Map Date - 1880s - 1885 Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map Railroads in the state got their start in 1877 when the Southern Pacific arrived in Yuma on its way to completing its line to Tucson in 1880. Shows lines as reorganized by Edward H. 13th St. 1879 – March 7 – Jay Gould and associates with Union Pacific agree to purchase controlling interest in Kansas Pacific Railway. Co. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Founded in 1865 by a group of businessmen in San Francisco, the Southern Pacific In 1890 the railroad formed a subsidiary known as the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway; this massive entity provided connections from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas to Orin Junction, Wyoming linking cities such as Denver, Pueblo, Cheyenne, Amarillo and others along the way via a north-south routing. <br>The first railroad to stretch across the United States, the Union Pacific Railroad, was completed in just four years--from 1865 to 1869. "Drawn by J. Map of the Union Pacific and Its Connections Publication Info: Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. Milton C. Transcontinental Railroad Timetable, 1882, with fare schedules and route map. 24 inches As part of the tour, the Union Pacific Railroad Museum will be auctioning off four cab rides on Big Boy No. Map provided by Univerzita Karlova v Praze. The trains shortened the journey across the country, but they weren’t without risk. The challenge: Silver Plume was 600 feet higher in elevation. These maps document the growth and settlement of the state, from the first railroad along the Columbia River in 1851, to Seattle’s first railroad 20 years later, to today’s passenger and freight lines. J. Rosa and Charles Lubrecht's map of the United States in 1864 shows numerous proposed railway lines. 1880 – January 24 – Kansas Pacific Railway is merged with Union Pacific Railroad and Denver Pacific Railway to form Union Pacific Railway 1996-1998: The Union Pacific Corporation finishes the acquisition that was effectively begun almost a century before with the purchase of the original Southern Pacific railroad by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1901, until divestiture was ordered in 1913. 1876 Burlington & Missouri Riv. it appears most likely to have been published by the Union Pacific Railroad. These images may not be downloaded or used for any commercial purpose without specific written permission from Union Pacific. (Read the Wikipedia article about the Panic of 1893) January 22, 1898 -- Physical property, rights and franchises of Union Pacific Railway were sold to Union Pacific Railroad. It was established under the Pacific Railway Act, to create a second southerly branch of the transcontinental railroad alongside the Union Pacific. President Abraham Lincoln had approved the act, which authorized railroad construction from the Missouri River to the Pacific to ensure the stability of the Union throughout the American Civil War, [3] but construction did not complete until after that conflict's Old Railroad Map - Union Pacific Railroad Land Grant - Page 1880 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on high-quality gloss paper, art paper or canvas. By 1900, four additional transcontinental railroads connected the eastern states with the Pacific Coast. R. Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network coded by color. Incorporated in 1867 it was designed to link Denver by rail after the Union Pacific elected to bypass the Frontier town on its way to meet the Central Pacific. Map of NPR Land Grant, c1890. Apr 20, 2010 · In 1862, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies began building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. The Kansas Pacific Railroad began in 1855 as the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad. New Map of the Union Pacific Railway, the Short, Quick and Safe Line to All Points West, Rand McNally and Company, 1883. Map of the Union Pacific Railway, the short, quick and safe line to all points west. Despite its name, the Central Branch Union Pacific was not associated with the Union Pacific until 1880; it was to be one of several eastern branches of the First transcontinental railroad, of which the Union Pacific constituted the main line between Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska, and Ogden, Utah, where it connected with the Central Central Pacific Railroad construction in the 1860's. The original company, the "Union Pacific Rail Road", was incorporated on July 1, 1862, under the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. R, and Union Pacific Railroad Company. Official map of the Union Pacific Railway. Hilton's book, "American Narrow Gauge Railroads," it was organized in 1854 by the Union Company as the Union Wharf & Plank Walk Company for the purpose of moving lumber from schooners docked at a pier in Union (Arcata) along Humboldt Bay near Eureka. This historic system has been in operation since before the Civil War and much of the general public has at least a general knowledge of UP since it formed the eastern segment of the Transcontinental Railroad. Today, tourists and enterprising photographers can visit much of what American ancestors left behind 150 years ago. UP continued to use the MoPac headquarters building at 210 N. Over the years Arizona would become home to seventy-six different railroads although most of those have since been either abandoned, sold, or merged (actually, many disappeared during the industry's early years due to poor management, economies, or other Abandoned Lines. 844 on a goodwill UP 150 tour covering more than 13,000 Railroads in Colorado, 1858-1948 - Railroads played a significant role in the overall development of Colorado. In 1874, Union Pacific investor Jay Gould gained effective control of the Kansas Pacific. The Union Pacific system of railroad and steamship lines, 1900. jpg 2,000 × 1,173; 2. The Georgetown Loop Railroad. COMBS In the pioneer period one-half the public domain in Aug 23, 2024 · Last revised: August 23, 2024. More Information 1 map; 14 x 23 cm. In 1880, the Kansas Pacific and the Denver Pacific were consolidated at Gould's direction into the Union Pacific. Over the next seven years, the 1 THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF NEBRASKA 1868-1880 By BARRY B. 07 MB Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Map. Durant, who has illegally manipulated a controlling interest in the Union Pacific Railroad Company, gets himself appointed the railroad's vice president and general manager. Joseph & Western Branch of the Union Pacific Railway from St. See full list on loc. "New Map of the American Overland Route" February, 1881 (Click on each image below to enlarge. The people of South-West Missouri wanted their own railroad. We invite you to explore how the nation’s largest railroad came to be and how UP continues to build America with innovation and tenacity, touching the lives of nearly every citizen. At the same time that homesteaders were getting free land from the government, large tracts of land were granted to railroads by both the states and the federal government. M. " near Great Salt Lake City, crosses the Sierras at America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U. 65 MB 1883 Consolidated Southern Railway. With a great deal of financial backing it was completed to Cheyenne in 1870. The original railroad reached Georgetown in 1877. According to Dr. Hallberg has compiled a free database of basic information on over 6,900 railroads, including currently existing mainline and switching and terminal railroads, as well as of all operating railroads that have existed in the United States and Canada since the first railroad—the Granite Railway—was chartered in Map of the Pacific Railroad and its Connections, 1867. The first such railroad was completed on May 10, 1869. October 30: Thomas C. By 1994, all motive power of the Missouri Pacific was repainted and on January 1, 1997, the Missouri Pacific was officially merged into the Union Pacific Railroad by the Union Pacific Corporation. In 1880 it merged with Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific forming a new Union Pacific Railway. and published by Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Action-Gesellschaft in 1886. Historical Maps. Colored in bright blue, a circular rail system includes the "Proposed Central Pacific Rail Road" starting in St. Joseph, Missouri, through Kansas and Nebraska to Colorado, Montana, the Black Hills and all points in the far West, 1880 Map of Omaha, Nebraska, 2005, showing various points of interest Apr 6, 2003 · "Union & Central Pacific Railroad Line" Timetable, Schedule of Fares, Connections, Information for Travelers (with 11 Engraved Illustrations), and the Rand, McNally & Co. Louis for its customer service center until February 15, 2005. Union Pacific operates North America's premier railroad franchise, covering 23 states in the western two-thirds of the United States. Joseph, Missouri that follows the Platte River, connects to the "Proposed Central Pacific R. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. George W. S. Linking up with the Central Pacific, the transcontinental railroad ran from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California, some 1,700 miles of track. In recognition, Union Pacific hosts family days and public celebrations, and sends UP Steam No. 1855 Iowa rail map ; 1902 Iowa rail map ; Historical Railroad Maps from the United States Library of Congress Union Pacific Railway. The Northern Pacific, Great Northern, the Union Pacific and hundreds of other railroad companies A 1878 map shows principal cities and towns along the railroad. Feb 21, 2015 · August 1871 -- Utah Northern Railroad. Jun 23, 2018 · After 1880. Some of the rights-of-way the Union Pacific and Central Pacific used for the railroad are still in service as railroad lines. Apr 10, 2019 · The first Transcontinental Railroad was a monumental undertaking by the time workers finished it in 1869. jpg 6,592 × 4,928; 11. The following year, financier Jay Cooke (1821-1905) pledged his fortune to building the Northern Pacific. On August 26, 1871, the Utah Northern Railroad held its ground breaking ceremony at a point on the Central Pacific four miles south of Brigham City, for the construction of its line of narrow gauge railroad between Ogden (or some other connecting point of Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Utah Central railroads) and Soda Springs, Idaho. May 6, 2024 · Map of Nebraska showing the Union Pacific Railroad land grant (14046904301). gov This article covers the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR, 1862–1880), Union Pacific Railway (1880–1897), and Union Pacific Railroad (Mark I)(UP, 1897–1998). [1] Union Pacific is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States Map of the St. Oct 16, 2020 · Train crossing a wooden trestle bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, near Sherman, Wyoming, c. October 13, 1893 -- Union Pacific Railway declared bankruptcy and was turned over to an independent receiver. 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