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The American Cowboy
American Industry
The Railroads
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Architecture & Engineering
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Wikimedia Commons
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The Native American
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American Memory
The American Cowboy (ODP summaries)
The American Cowboy: The American West, The Frontier, Buffalo Bill, Wild West Shows, artists Frederick Remington and
John Edward Borein, Charles Marion Russell, Will Rogers, John Wayne, Gene Autry, William S. Hart, The Great Train
Robbery by Edwin S. Porter, John Ford, Howard Hawkes, Spaghetti Westerns/Osterns, Clint Eastwood
General
1. New Perspectives on The West - Companion site to Ken Burns' program about the American West featuring an
interactive timeline, maps, and archived primary source materials.
2. American West - Collection of articles and research links about the history of America's West from Virtualology.com.
3. Conservation Chronology 1847-1871 - A time line showing the Nations efforts at conservation in the American West.
The people and the places in pictures and biographies.
4. Historical Gazette - Acts of bravery, mean deeds, the pioneers' struggles, gold seekers, Indian battles, railroad
barons, all headlines from early newspapers.
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5. History Channel: This Day in Old West History - Daily article about a birthday or major event on that day related to
the American West.
6. History of the American West - Photos from 1860-1920 from the collection of the Denver Public Library, searchable
index by keyword, subject or name.
7. Imaging and Imagining the Ghost Dance - Of all the incidents in recent American Indian history, the Ghost Dance of
1890 is probably without equal in evocative power.
8. Jim Janke's Old West - List of resources on historical, cultural, social, technological, and other aspects of the Old
West.
9. Lone Hand Western - Provides information on chuck-wagon lore, western music, cowboy stories, recipes and
historical tidbits.
10. Meeting of Frontiers - Tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West and the meeting of the
Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
11. Pioneer & Frontier Life - A collection of letters, diaries, and other papers associated with the expansion westward
and daily life on the frontier in the pioneer era U.S. Part of the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the
University of Missouri.
12. Repositories of Primary Sources: Western United States and Canada - Provides links to primary sources of historical
materials relating to the history of the Western United States.
13. The Depression Years (1929-1940) - Period photos and description of the impact of the Depression on the West.
14. The History of the Upper Midwest - An overview of the history of the upper Midwest including lay of the land, the
Indians, the French, the British, the ordinances, the pineries and the mines.
15. The Northern Great Plains (1880-1920) - Photographs from Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph
Collections with 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century.
16. The Old West - Suite101.com - Covers 19th century America, west of the Rocky Mountains; including events,
personalities, and the growth of towns from this period in US history.
17. The Old West: America's Frontier - Provides information on the history of the American West along with photos and
links to other Old West related sites.
18. Union Pacific Rail Road-History - This is the story of the first transcontinental railroad; the greatest, most daring
engineering effort the country had yet seen. The idea was to span the west with iron rails from Omaha to
Sacramento.
19. WestWeb - A topically-organized collection of resources of use to those studying Western American history.
20. Western History Association - Information about this association which exists to promote the study of the North
American West in all its varied aspects and in its broadest sense.
21. Westward Expansion - A collection of United States history research links.
22. Wild West - Provides information on cowboys, gunfighters, and the history of Swedish emigration to North America.
Buffalo Bill and Wild West Shows
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"The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave". http://www.buffalobill.org/. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
Works by Buffalo Bill at Project Gutenberg
"Meet Buffalo Bill and the West he loved.". Buffalo Bill Historical Center. http://www.bbhc.org/explore/buffalo-bill/. Retrieved
August 23, 2011.
"Hidden Horsham – Buffalo Bill's Wild West". http://www.hiddenhorsham.co.uk/56/buffalobill.htm. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
"William Wilson Quinn: Lieutenant General, United States Army". Arlington National Cemetery.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wwquinn.htm. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
Heppler, Jason. "The Wild West Show and the Progressive Image of American Indians". University of Nebraska–Lincoln and
Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Retrieved August 23, 2011
American Cinema and the Cowboy
1. A Fistful of Westerns - Dedicated to spaghetti westerns, with information on the genre, its films and stars.
2. Couch Cowboy - Reviews and discussion of American western movies, divided into Classics, Must Sees, Good
Viewers, Rough Riders and Camp.
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3. CowboyPal, Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys - Ride down the trail with your heroes from the thirties to the fifties
with the Legends of Silver Screen.
4. IMDb: Western - Guide to Western movies, search or browse the titles alphabetically.
5. Images: The Western - The iconography of the Western is the largest and richest of all the film genres, and
Hollywood has burned it into the minds of moviegoers from Dodge City to Timbuktu.
6. Most Wanted Western Movies - Reviews, top lists, quotations and photographs. Films are organized by sub-genre
and lead actor. Also includes user-contributed reviews.
7. Shobary's Spaghetti Westerns - Contains reviews with film stills for major films, plus related trivia.
8. Teddy Blue's Bunkhouse - An Old West re-enactor's site includes information about the real Old West, classic
western movies (including 1903's "The Great Train Robbery"), as well as the western stars and their horses.
9. The Old Corral - Cowboy heroes, heroines, bad guys and supporting players who rode the silver screen in western
films from the 1930s to the early 1950s.
10. The Silent Westerns - Examines early movie myths of the American West.
11. Western Films - Article covering the history of the genre, including the silent era and early B-westerns, major stars,
influential films, and sub-genres. Offers movie reviews and profiles of the actors and directors.
12. Westerns - Database of several hundred films with photographs and information on directors, actors, authors, and
musical scores.
Native Americans (American Indians)
The American Indian: Tribes, Notable Chiefs, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Cochise, artists George Caitlin, John Mix Stanley,
Arthur Jacob Miller, Karl Bodmer, Seth Eastman, Cyrus Dallin, Solon Hannibal Borglum, Herman Atkins McNeil, and Edgar
Samuel Paxon. Indian Reorganization Act, Dawes Act, and Native American groups today.
Tribes
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Ak-Chin Indian Community - Background information on the creation of the community, statistical data, and description of
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Alaska Native Online - Alaska native online discussion community.
Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw of Louisiana - History of the Indians of Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, including the Bayou
Lafourche Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha, Isle de Jean Charles Band of BiloxiChitimacha, and the Biloxi-Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogees, Inc.
Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes - Membership and photo gallery for the Clatsop, Nehalem and Tillmook tribes in
Oregon.
Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States - Images of and information about Native American tribal flags.
Four Corners Postcard - Portal to fact sheets about the Navajo, Hopi, Jicarilla Apache, Ute Mountain and Southern Utes.
Articles and links to Native American periodicals, and large directory of other sites.
Geographical Index to the Tribes of the United States and Canada - Map-based index with Locations and links to websites-if available--for US and Canadian Native Tribes.
Indian Canyon - Native created and managed site about Central California tribes. News, articles, photos and links.
Indigenous Nations of North America - Portal to websites for Native Nations of Canada and the United States.
Learn About Native Americans - A clickable map with information about many Indian tribes, arranged by culture group.
Native American Tribes - Links to websites about individual tribes and nations.
Native American Tribes and Cultures - Indexed links for more than a hundred different nations.
Quebec History: Algonquin family of Indians - Article on the different Algonquian tribes from the Handbook of Indians of
Canada.
Texas Indians - Information on history and origins, religion and ceremony, oral literature, territories, and treaties of the 25
Native American tribes of Texas. Also a curriculum for teachers and information for children.
The Curtis Collection - Comprehensive 20-volume work of fact sheets and images for 80 Native American tribes collected by
Edward Sherrif Curtis from 1890 to 1930.
Tribal Website Directory - A comprehensive collection of links to tribal websites in North America. In English and German.
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Notable Chiefs
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Great Chiefs and Leaders - Biographies and period photos for fifty American Indian political, military, and religious leaders.
Chief Joseph - Biographical sketch and quotations of the Nez Perce chief.
Chief Joseph - Several essays and remembrances of the great Nez Perce leader.
Chief Joseph Speaks - Collection of the Nez Percé chief's speeches.
Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph: From Indians to Icons - Essay on the two leaders by biographer David M. Buerge, with historical
photos, bibliography and study questions.
PBS: Chief Joseph - Biography of the Nez Perce chief also known as Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt.
Chief Sealth - 1887 newspaper article by Dr. Henry A. Smith including a biographical sketch of the Suquamish leader and a
reported translation of his 1854 treaty speech.
Chief Seattle - Biography of the Suquamish leader, with information about his family, tribe, and orations.
Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph: From Indians to Icons - Essay on the two leaders with historical photos, bibliography and study
questions.
Chief Seattle's Thoughts - Two versions of the Salish chief's disputed 1854 speech, made in response to a land treaty with the
United States.
Chief Sitting Bull - Quotes from the great Sioux leader, and essays about his life from several different sources.
SPECTRUM Biographies - Sitting Bull - Brief biography that explains Sitting Bull's nickname, Hunkesi, and his predictions.
Sititng Bull: A Stone in My Heart - Documentary film and DVD about Chief Sitting Bull and his struggle to preserve the American
Indian's way of life against the United States government. Includes background and trailer.
Sitting Bull - Biography and quotations from the Hunkpapa medicine man and chief.
Sitting Bull - Biography of the Hunkpapa chief and holy man.
Sitting Bull In Memory - University of California scholar provides testimonials of Sitting Bull's kindness toward whites and
contrasts these with the media's slander.
The Death of Sitting Bull - L. Frank Baum's 1890 editorial on the Lakota leader's death, ending with a call to exterminate the
surviving Indians.
Crazy Horse - Biography of the Lakota leader, also known as Tashunca-uitco.
Crazy Horse - Timeline of the Lakota visionary's life.
Crazy Horse - Passages from two biographies of Tashunkewitko.
Crazy Horse - Biography of the Oglala Sioux chief.
Crazy Horse Malt Liquor Protest - Argument against the use of the Lakota visionary Crazy Horse's name to sell malt liquor.
Crazy Horse Memorial - Project to construct an immense statue in the Black Hills honoring the Lakota leader.
Geronimo - Biography of the Apache leader with photos and quotes.
Geronimo's Last Hurrah - The Apache Wars and the surrender of Geronimo.
Geronimo, His Own Story - Online text of the Apache leader's autobiography.
Cochise - Excerpts from speeches by the Apache leader.
Cochise and the Bascom Affair - Essay about the Apache leader and the strategic errors made by an American lieutenant dealing
with him.
Artists of the American West
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John Mix Stanley in the Oregon Encyclopedia
Madelyn Dean Garrett: Karl Bodmer’s Aquatints: The changing Image. University of Utah 1990.
Joslyn Art Museum in Nebraska: The Maximilian-Bodmer Expedition 1832–1834
Karl Bodmer Sketchbook
Reise In Das Innere Nord-America color plates
Ten Dreams Galleries
Karl Bodmer Website
"Seth Eastman", Artcyclopedia
"Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota" (PBS)
Seth Eastman's Paintings of U.S. Army Forts, United States Senate Art Collection
Works from the Permanent Collection of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum, Arlington, MA
Springville Museum of Art , Springville, UT
Biography from the Springville Museum of Art in Utah
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Solon Hannibal Borglum: Sculptor of the Prairie (New Britain Museum of American Art)
Solon Borglum: http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/utah-artists/UAP-Solon-Borglum.php
Solon Borglum: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/solon-h-borglum-and-borglum-family-papers-6772
Art inventories catalog Smithsonian American art museum
The remarkable story of Solon Borglum (Sharlot Hall Museum)
E.S. Paxson * Frontier Artist
Native American and US Govt. Policy
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Indian Reorganization Act, Encyclopaedia Britannica
"Allotment." Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Major Acts of Congress:Indian General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) (1887).
Dawes Act of 1887: full text from the Native American Documents Project
Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act) 1934
Native American Groups Today:
1. American Indian Heritage Foundation - Provides relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of
understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people. Includes program information, tribal directory,
activism, indigenous literature.
2. American Indian Policy Center - Provides government leaders, policy makers, and the public with accurate
information about the legal and political history of American Indian nations, and the contemporary situation for
American Indians.
3. American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation - Foundation for the return of sacred objects to Indian tribes.
4. National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development - National non-profit organization dedicated to
developing American Indian economic self-sufficiency through business ownership.
5. National Congress of American Indians - Provides national leadership on issues facing tribal communities throughout
the United States. Services include legislative alerts and lobbying.
6. National FSA American Indian Credit Outreach Initiative - A cooperative program between the National Tribal
Development Association and the USDA Farm Services Agency to provide federal loans and financial assistance to
Native American farmers.
7. National Indian Gaming Association - Organization dedicated to the preservation of sovereignty and protection of
economic rights in tribal gaming and economic development enterprises.
8. National Indian Gaming Commission - Federal agency that regulates gaming activities on Indian lands for the
purposes of shielding Indian tribes from corruption, ensuring tribes benefit from their gaming enterprises, and
assuring gaming is conducted farily.
9. Native American Finance Officers Association - A forum for tribal finance officers to share financial information.
10. Native American Sports Council (NASC) - Conducts community based multi-sport programs which encourage
healthful community participation and provide assistance to Native American Olympic hopefuls.
11. Native Dispute Resolution Network - Resource for those seeking assistance from a collaborative conflict resolution
practitioner where American Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian people and environmental, natural resource
or public/trust lands (including cultural property and sacred sites) issues are involved.
American Industry and Technology
American Industry & Technology: The Assembly Line, Ford Motor Company, Railroads, US Steel, Oil, Electricity, The
Telegraph/Telephone, Automobiles, Effects of Industrialization, Architect James Bogadus, Cast Iron Framing (The
Bogardus Factory, The New York Crystal Palace), Elisha Otis and the safety elevator (leading to the rise of the
skyscraper), John A. Roebling (The Brooklyn Bridge), Photographer George Eastman and the Eastman Kodak camera
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"Automobile Design in the 1900s, 1900-1909."DISCovering U.S. History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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"Automobile Technology in the 1910s, 1910-1919."DISCovering U.S. History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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"Black Gold."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
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"Direct current."World of Invention. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online. Detroit: Thomson
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"Electricity and the Electric Light (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
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"Everyday Life: Food (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
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"Everyday Life: Home Improvements (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
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"Factory Working Conditions in the Late 1800s, 1880-1899."DISCovering U.S. History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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"Growth of Urban Areas and New Commercial Centers, 1800-1860."DISCovering U.S.
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"Industrial Revolution."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
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"Industrialization: The Spread of the Factory System (1850-1877)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard
Layman. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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"Native American Land and Enterprises Overtaken during Industrial Revolution."DISCovering Multicultural
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"Petroleum."Gale Encyclopedia of Science. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th Detroit: Gale Group, 2008. Discovering
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"Petroleum."UXL Encyclopedia of Science. Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Online. Detroit: U*X*L, 2007. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL
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15. "Petroleum."World of Scientific Discovery. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online. Detroit: Thomson
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16. "Railroad Gauges, Standardization of."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
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17. "Refrigeration."DISCovering Science. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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18. "Refrigeration."World of Invention. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online. Detroit: Thomson
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19. "Spindletop Oil Discovery Transforms the Oil Industry, January 10, 1901."DISCovering World
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20. "Spinning Mills."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
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21. "Standard Oil Company (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
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22. "Steel Industry."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
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24. "Strowger Invents Automatic Dial Telephone, 1891-1905."DISCovering U.S. History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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25. "Technological Change (1850-1877)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
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26. "Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)."DISCovering U.S. History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login
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27. "Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)."Scientists: Their Lives and Works. Online Detroit: U*X*L, 2006. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL
login required)
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28. "Textile Industry."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale
Group, 1999. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ16675006
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29. "The American Railroad Industry and Mexican Migration to the U.S.."DISCovering Multicultural
America. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ21162070
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30. "The First Transcontinental Telephone Call Is Made, April, 1915."DISCovering World
History. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ21052412
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31. "The Railroads (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering
Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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32. "The Railroads: Expansion and Economic Transformation in the Midwest (1850-1877)."American Eras. Matthew J.
Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ23015002
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33. "The Telegraph (1850-1877)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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34. "The Telegraph (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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35. "The Telephone (1878-1899)."American Eras. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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36. "Working Conditions in Factories (Issue)."Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Thomas Carson and Mary
Bonk. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Discovering Collection. Gale. (LAPL login required)
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37. A History of Cotton Mills and the Industrial Revolution - Extensive excerpt from a book on the development of the textile
industry in the United States, including New England and Mississippi.
38. American History 102: 1865-Present: Part of a university course, this set has excellent lecture notes on major topical areas in
American History from 1865. Check out lecture number four, "The Gilded Age and the Politics of Corruption."
39. Americanism and Fordism: The Second Industrial Revolution: Changes in production and consumers in the Industrial Revolution
in the United States
40. An Outline of American History: Industry grows bigger: A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern
Times Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
41. Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum: Photographs and information on the Central Pacific Railroad completion.
42. Digital History: Labor History: Digital History features resource guides by topic and period. This page features information on the
Gilded Age in the United States.
43. Digital History: Labor History: Digital History features resource guides by topic and period. Reference resources include
classroom handouts, chronologies, encyclopedia articles, glossaries, and an audio-visual archive including speeches, book talks
and e-lectures by historians, and historical maps, music, newspaper articles, and images. The site's Ask the HyperHistorian
feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians. (Best of History summary)
44. Early Twentieth Century Railroads: American history article by PIL for How Stuff Works2.
45. Edisonian Museum: Provides images and histories of inventions.
46. First Flight Society - Image gallery, chronology, photos, and news on the organization's activities. (ODP summary)
47. History: United States: The Gilded Age, 1876-1900 : Timeline of the Gilded Age with major events and links with details
48. How Did Nikola Tesla Change The Way We Use Energy?: article by Michael Harris for How Stuff Works 2
49. How We Made the First Flight - HTML e-text of an account written by Orville Wright, with photos. Hosted by AeroWeb. (ODP
summary)
50. Industrial Revolution in 19th Century America - Industrial Revolution: Learn about the background and important people, events,
and inventions of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
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51. Industrialization of the United States 1865-1920: Weblinks from Irondequoit High School, Rochester NY
52. Inside A Factory: Westinghouse Works, 1904 (Library of Congress): This LOC site has 21 films of the Westinghouse companies
that were intended to showcase the company's operations. There is background information on the factories, a timeline, an
index, a search function, and recommended sources. (Best of History summary)
53. Inventing Entertainment: The collections in the Library of Congress's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
contain an extraordinary range of the surviving products of Edison's entertainment inventions and industries. This site features
341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles.
(Best of History summary).
54. Lighting a Revolution: This web site accompanies an exhibition at the National Museum of American History exploring the
process of invention. The story is told in two parallel sections comparing Thomas Edison's light bulb invention with several
electric lighting inventions of a century later. (Smithsonian Institute)
55. Making the Modern World: world inventions from 18th century to the present. Contains images of the original prototypes and
inventions.
56. NPR: The Forgotten Wright - Katherine Wright is the third, unsung Wright sibling. Some historians say that without her, the
famous pioneers of flight might not have gotten off the ground. Yet Orville tried to keep her contributions out of the
newspapers and history books. Harriet Baskas tells us why. Part of the series 'Hidden Treasures.' [5:25 Realaudio broadcast]
57. PBS American Experience: Andrew Carnegie: One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped
build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into one of the richest entrepreneurs of
his age.
58. Second Industrial Revolution - Definition: Description of the Second Industrial Revolution and important events and people of
that time period.
59. Technology in America - The Telephone (PBS)
This PBS companion site focuses not only on the telephone but on other important inventions in American history as well. (Best
of History summary)
60. Technology in America: The American Experience PBS: companion website offers information on invention of the telephone,
moving pictures and the New York Subway system.
61. Tesla Master of Lightning: PBS website companion to document series
62. The Industrial Revolution and the U.S.: Information, pictures and paintings of the Industrial Revolution in the United States
63. The Industrial Revolution: The site examines what factors led to industrial growth, how this affected the lives of ordinary people
and find out how working conditions were changed forever by the quick succession of inventions and pieces of legislation. (Best
of History summary)
64. The Photographs of Lewis Hine: The Documentation of Child Labor: Photographs and history of child labor during the second
industrial revolution
65. The Second Industrial Revolution Information in The New Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
66. The Second Industrial Revolution, 1870-1914 : PDF File by Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and
Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University.
67. The Second Industrial Revolution: Major Inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution
68. The Second Phase of the Industrial Revolution: 1850–1940 ...
69. The Wright Brothers - Information on Orville and Wilbur Wright's childhood, the Wright cycle shop, the first airplane, and
chronology of the Wright airplane. (ODP summary)
70. The Wright Brothers - The Invention of the Aerial Age - Inventors of the first human flying machine. Page topics include family
history, contemporary aeronautic discoveries, and details about the construction of the machine. (ODP summary)
71. They Made America: The American Experience PBS: Companion website to Harold Evans book includes profile of inventors and
their impact on American culture.
72. Twentieth Century Inventions - 1900-1925: Site has a chronology of Inventions by year. Click on invention for fuller description.
(Site has earlier and later era also.)
Architecture, Engineering & Design
1. Brooklyn Bridge - Great Buildings Online - Fact sheet, both vintage and modern photographs, and even a 3D
walkthrough. Links to short biography of architect John Augustus Roebling.
2. Elisha Graves Otis - Profile of the Vermont born inventor from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
3. George Eastman [ ] - Brief biography of the inventor of the handheld camera and dry photographic film.
4. George Eastman [ ] - Invented dry rolled film and a handheld camera, as well as other photographic processes.
5. George Eastman archive at the University of Rochester
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6. George Eastman, the Man [ ] - Biography of George Eastman who developed the handheld camera and various
photographic processes.
7. George Eastman: His Life, Legacy, and Estate, George Eastman House
8. History of Bryant Park
9. New York Crystal Palace information
10. Structurae - Brooklyn Bridge - Technical and historical data, images, bibliography.
11. The George Eastman House
12. The History of the Elevator - Elisha Otis - Article focused on the invention of Elisha Otis. He invented the brake used
in modern elevators.
13. The Wizard of Photography [ ] - The story of George Eastman and how he transformed photography.
14. Cities and Buildings Image Database - A searchable photographic database of buildings from around the world and
across the ages, designed by the University of Washington's Architecture, History and Art History Departments.
15. Cupola - A picture gallery of cupolas, architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes from around the world. Also US
state capitol building histories, wordplay, FAQ and Autocad links.
16. Digital Archive of Architecture - Images of buildings in Europe and America from prehistoric to 20th century by Prof.
Jeffrey Howe of Boston College, USA.
17. Digital Images of Historic Architecture - Galleries of photographs of European and North American architecture from
Classical to Post-Modern, whole facades and details, with explanations, by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College, US.
18. Glass Steel and Stone - Offers photographs and descriptions of outstanding buildings across the world, historic and
modern.
19. SPIRO: Architecture Slide Library - Online images from the large collection of slides at the University of California at
Berkeley. Can be searched by period, place, building name, personal name, subject type.
20. Great Buildings: Skyscrapers - Images, information, and 3D models of a selection of skyscrapers around the world
from Great Buildings Online.
21. High Rise Picture Gallery - A photo gallery by Matthew Armling of highrises, skyscrapers and towers in New York,
Hongkong and Frankfurt.
22. How Skyscrapers Work - This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main
technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
23. How a Skyscraper is Made - Background, history, raw materials, design, and the construction process of skyscrapers,
from Thomson Gale's How Products Are Made.
24. MoMA: Tall Buildings - New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent tall buildings exhibition presents a focused
study of twenty-five tall buildings around the world. [Requires Flash 6 or higher and Acrobat Reader].
25. Skyscraper Picture Collection - Collection of photographs by Patrick Beckers of cities across the world and their
tallest and most distinctive skyscrapers.
26. Stock.xchng: Skyscrapers - Royalty free stock photography community - images in the skyscrapers category.
27. The Skyscraper Museum - Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings.
Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
28. nyc-architecture.com
29. Richard Morris Hunt collection, The Octagon Museum, The Museum of The American Architectural Foundation,
Washington, D.C.
30. Barry R. Harwood, "A Herter Brothers library rediscovered" from The Magazine Antiques, May, 2002
31. Metropolitan Museum: Library Table for William Henry Vanderbilt
32. Michael S. Schneider, "Geometry of a Herter Brothers Cabinet" Geometric analysis of a cabinet, ca,1883
33. Herter Brothers Pictorial Histories
34. Winterthur Library Overview of an archival collection on Herter Brothers.
35. Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Tiffany, Louis Comfort". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University
Press.
36. "Winter" one of Tiffany's The Four Seasons windows which won the Gold Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition
37. The Corning Museum of Glass Information on 2009-2010 Tiffany Treasures exhibition
38. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida
39. Eight windows in the Euclid Avenue Temple in Cleveland
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Louis Comfort Tiffany - Artist and Businessman
Louis Comfort Tiffany Pictorial Histories
Press Release on Metropolitan 2006-07 exhibition about Laurelton Hall
Tiffany and The Associated Artists' work on the Mark Twain House
When Louis Tiffany Redesigned the White House
Tiffany Lamps - Information, Valuation and History.
Willard Memorial Chapel
Virtual visit of Tiffany Glass exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2010)
The American Millionaire
The American Millionaire: Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, William
Randolf Hearst, J. Paul Getty, Philanthropy, Robber Barons, Labor Unions, Architect of the wealthy Richard Morris Hunt
(The Breakers and The Biltmore),Herter Brothers (interior design), John La Farge, Louis Comfort Tiffany, be sure to
include Edward Steichen's Portrait of J.P. Morgan. How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis
Andrew Carnegie
1. Andrew Carnegie - A Tribute - A profile with a photograph and audio.
2. Andrew Carnegie Image Collection - Family photographs taken in and around Skibo Castle, Scotland, in the early
1900s.
3. History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries - Biographical material, photographs and details of his
benefactions in Pennsylvania.
4. New York Times - Carnegie Honored by Club He Financed - Article on a 1909 dinner at the Lotos Club, given in honor
of Carnegie, includes tributes by Mark Twain and others.
5. New York Times - Carnegie Started as a Bobbin Boy - An obituary of August 12, 1919.
6. Personal Recollections of Andrew Carnegie - A book by Frederick Lynch in an electronic text form, University of
Virginia Library.
7. The Richest Man in the World - Andrew Carnegie - Accompaniment to PBS series, includes timelines, image gallery,
teacher's guide, and a look at the context from which he came.
8. Wealth - An 1889 article.
9. A Look Ahead - 1893 article foreseeing eventual reunion between England and the United States.
10. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie - The full text published in 1920.
11. The Best Fields for Philanthropy - An 1889 article on advice to the rich on how best to dispose of wealth for the
public good.
Cornelius Vanderbilt:
1. "The Wealthiest Americans Ever". The New York Times
2. Fortune Magazine's "richest Americans"
John D. Rockefeller:
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American Experience: The Rockefellers - This companion site to the PBS television program explores the story of John D.
Rockefeller and of the heirs to his fortune. Includes program synopsis, transcript, documents, bibliography, and teachers' guide.
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Rockefeller, John D. - Rockefeller began his career in Cleveland. This biographical article
includes links to related entries in the encyclopedia.
History of the Standard Oil Company - Journalist Ida Tarbell's most famous work was this muckraking account of Rockefeller's oil
empire, published in 1904. Full-text reprint of the book.
John D. Rockefeller and Civic Affairs in Cleveland - Discusses Rockefeller's support for civic and charitable organizations in the
city where he spent part of his boyhood. Article by Paul Hillmer from the Spring 2000 issue of Research Reports from the
Rockefeller Archive Center. [PDF]
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John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company - Discusses Rockefeller's life, the oil industry of his era, the growth of
Standard Oil, and Rockefeller's business practices. By Francois Micheloud. Includes photos, bibliography, and French version of
text.
On This Day: Obituary - Rockefeller's obituary from the New York Times, 1937.
Rockefeller and Standard Oil, Rags to Riches - Essay takes a critical view of Rockefeller's "greed, not philanthropy." Also includes
the final chapter of Ida Tarbell's book, The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Why a University for Chicago and Not Cleveland? - This paper discusses Rockefeller's early philanthropy, particularly the
question of why he helped endow the University of Chicago but not a university for Cleveland, the city where he got his start.
Author: Kenneth W. Rose, Rockefeller Archive Center. [PDF]
Henry Ford:
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the 20th century.
Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius - Offers a biography and history.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries - List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of
some of these inventors.
Famous American Inventors
The Great Idea Finder - Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
J. P. Morgan:
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John Pierpont Morgan and the American Corporation, Biography of America
The Morgan Library and Museum,
John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan - People of Connecticut
The American Experience - J.P. Morgan
William Randolf Hearst:
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William Randolph Hearst at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
William Randolph Hearst biography, via zpub.com
Guide to the William Randolph Hearst Papers at The Bancroft Library
San Simeon, the Hearst Castle
FBI file on William Randolph Hearst, Sr.
J. Paul Getty:
1. The Guardian: Why giving away a small fortune doesn't make John Paul Getty a saint - Article by David Aaronovitch
on the death of Paul Getty. (April 22, 2003)
2. The Observer: A friend with a gift for giving - of time, money and self - Article by poet Christopher Logue on the
multi-millionaire philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty Jr, his friend of 48 years, following his death.
3. The Guardian: Getty, the donor's donor, dies at 70 - Article by John Ezard. (April 18, 2003)
4. The Guardian: Sir Paul Getty - Obituary. (April 18, 2003)
5. Forbes.com: J. Paul Getty Jr. Dies At 70 - Obituary. (April 17, 2003)
6. J. Paul Getty Diaries, 1938-1946, 1948-1976. The Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California.
7. Guide to the J. Paul Getty Family Collected Papers, 1880s-1989. The Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California.
Collection primarily contains letters, photographs, financial records, legal documents, and publications created or
collected by J. Paul Getty and his parents, George F. Getty I and Sarah C. Getty.
8. J. Paul Getty and Ashby sisters papers, 1926-1992. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California. Personal
correspondence and telegrams, clippings, a book, and photographs, 1926-1992 and undated, related to J. Paul Getty,
Allene Ashby (Getty's second wife), and Belene Ashby.
9. Insecula biography
10. Getty's How To Be Rich: A commentary by Tom Butler-Bowdon
11. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Getty, J. Paul
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12. Collected papers for biography of J. Paul Getty, circa 1890s-1973, 1984, undated (bulk 1957-1973) The Getty
Research Institute, Los Angeles, California. The collection comprises material created or collected by Ralph Hewins in
the course of researching and writing the biography The Richest American: J. Paul Getty (1960).
Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Lives)
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Jacob Riis page from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Immigration to the United States, 17891930 collection.
"Jacob A. Riis's New York". New York Times. February 27, 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/20080227_RIIS_SLIDESHOW_index.html. Retrieved
2008-08-08.
Davis, Kay. "Documenting 'the Other Half': The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine"
Collection of Photographs by Jacob Riis
How the Other Half Lives complete text and photos online
Audio version of How the Other Half Lives from LibriVox
How the Other Half Lives Portfolio at NYU
Documenting the “Other Half”
What Do The World and People Deserve
The Pony Express/Communication
The Pony Express / Communications: Pony Express Operations, Founders William Hepburn Russell/ Alexander
Majors/William B. Waddell. What kind of service did they provide and where? Famous Riders. How have
communications evolved? Morse Telegraph, Transcontinental Telegraph, Overland Telegraph company, Pacific
Telegraph Company, Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, the invention of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell
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A collection of articles on the history of telegraphy
Alan Hall - First Transatlantic Cable and First message sent to USA 1856 Memorial
American Heritage: The Cable Under the Sea
Atlantic Cable web site—Comprehensive history of submarine telegraphy with much original material
Atlantic telegraph cable 150th anniversary 1858-2008
Biography of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury by William "Maury" Morris II Ph.D.
Cabot Strait Telegraph Cable 1856 between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Civil War Signal Corps and United States Military Telegraph - Contains information on how the telegraph was used during the
Civil War.
Events in Telecommunications History - A chronology of telecommunications history from the British Telecom Group archives.
Ezra Cornell: a Nineteenth-Century Life - An on-line exhibit from Cornell University Library that documents Ezra Cornell's
involvement with the construction of the first telegraph lines in America.
Founding of the Pony Express - History of the Pony Express from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
Granville T. Woods - Biography of this African-American engineer and inventor, who developed and patented several inventions
relating to telegraphy.
Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Home - A National Historic Site where Alfred Vail constructed and improved the telegraph
instruments used by Samuel Morse. Included is an account of the development of the telegraph from Vail's perspective.
Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph - Full text of Alexander Jones. 1852 publication.
History Buff Primary Source
Hollenberg Pony Express Station
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19. IEEE History Center: County Kerry Transatlantic Cable Stations, 1866
20. IEEE History Center: Landing of the Transatlantic Cable, 1866
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James Nash 1838-1926 Pony express rider
Knights of the Key. - Old time telegraphers tell their stories. Taken from early editions of Railroad Man's Magazine.
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Pony Express Exhibit at the Smithsonian Postal Museum
Pony Express Historic Resource Study]
Pony Express History, St. Joseph Museum Inc.
Pony Express home station
Pony Express Home Station - Information on the Pony Express which delivered mail to the American West from April 1860 to
November 1861.
Pony Express National Museum - Information on the Old West's most famous mail service.
Pony Express on Oregon Trail, Wyoming Tales and Trails
Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919 - An online presentation comprising about 6,500 items that
document Morse's career, including his invention of the electro-magnetic telegraph and participation in the development of
telegraph systems used in the United States and abroad.
Telegraph History - an assortment of articles that focus on U.S. telegraph history.
The Atlantic Cable - Image reproduction of a book by Bern Dibner, published by the Burndy Library.
Laying Of The Atlantic Cable
List of Pony Express resources for further reading
Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph - The entire 19th century book by Franklin Pope is viewable at this site.
This was the standard reference book used by the U.S. Signal Service.
26. PBS, American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable
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37. The Atlantic Cable by Bern Dibner (1959)—Complete free electronic version of The Atlantic Cable by Bern Dibner
(1959), hosted by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
38. The Great Eastern - Robert Dudley Lithographs 1865
39. The History Channel: Modern Marvels: Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles of Copper
40. The Joseph Henry Papers Project - Documenting the life of the revered American scientist who conducted pioneering
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work in electromagnetism. His unselfish genius helped bring about the inventions of the telegraph, electric motor,
and telephone.
The Old Cable House
The Pony Express for Kids, Pocantico Hills
The Railroad Telegrapher - Article by Jim Thompson, a retired San Francisco Railway telegrapher.
The SageBrush Saloon - Formerly The Pony Express History Page. Information on the Pony Express, and differences
and likenesses between it and The Young Riders TV show.
The Sparks Telegraph Key Review - An interactive historical and pictorial review of telegraph and wireless telegraph
keys. Included is a comprehensive listing of the manufacturers actively building equipment and keys during the
spark-era of radio.
The Telegraph - An assortment of telegraph instrument images compiled from several early physics apparatus
collections by Professor Thomas Greenslade Jr. of Kenyon College.
The Telegraph Field - Valentia Island
The Telegraph Office - A resource for wire and wireless telegraph instrument collectors and historians. Several
images of instruments are viewable in the photo galleries.
Thomas A. Edison Papers - Information and documents about Edison's life and career including his years as a
telegrapher and inventions in the field of telegraphy.
Travelogue around the world's communications cables by Neal Stephenson
Western Union Telegraph Company Records - Scope and contents of the collection held at the Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Features a history of the company and collection.
A major resource for researchers.
The Railroad
The Railroad / Transportation / Westward Expansion:, The transcontinental railroad, Cornelius Vanderbuilt, Jay Gould,
Union Pacific, Central pacific Railroad, include Andrew J. Russel's Photograph Meeting of the Rails, West Painter Albert
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Bierstadt, West Photographer William Henry Jackson. The Automobile. How has transportation evolved? Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956)
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A Brief History of Union Pacific's Passenger Trains
Abandoned route of the transcontinental railroad in Utah (with map)
Arizona Railway Museum - A non-profit organization dedicated to the railways of Arizona and the Southwest.
Includes a mission statement, equipment roster, events, projects, location and contact information. Located in
Chandler.
Central Pacific Railroad number 63 replica.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents that
illustrate the history of the first transcontinental railroad.
Cheyenne Depot Museum - Housed in the renovated Union Pacific depot, the collection tells the story of the
establishment of Cheyenne, Wyoming, the role of the community and its people in the operation of the railroad, and
the history of the building. Discover events and a map location.
Chinese-American Contribution to transcontinental railroad
Collections Canada: History of the Grand Trunk Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum - A history of America's oldest continually operated transportation company
through images and data collected by the museum curator.
Federal Highway Act of 1956 and original proposal for act
http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/transportation/a_highway.html
Golden Spike National Historical Site in Utah
Heritage paint photos: Union Pacific 1982 (Missouri Pacific), Union Pacific 1983 (Western Pacific), Union Pacific 1988
(Missouri-Kansas-Texas),
History of the Interstate Highway System at United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway
Administration
Kentucky Railway Museum - Collection of railroad artifacts and memorabilia, housed in a replica of the original New
Haven depot. Offers excursion rides on steam and diesel-powered locomotives. Includes hours, fees and directions.
Located in New Haven.
Manifest Destiny? The Union Pacific-Southern Pacific Merger
Nevada Central RR Branch of the UP 1880-1888 http://nevada-railways.net/
Pacific Railway Act and related resources at the Library of Congress
Perry, John D.; Wright, William Wierman; LeConte, John Lawrence (1868). Letter of John D. Perry, President of the
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern ... Union Pacific Railway: Reports Showing the Necessity and Advantages of its
Construction to the Pacific By Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, President. Philadelphia: Review Printing House.
http://books.google.com/?id=jJUpAAAAYAAJ&dq=John%20D.%20Perry%20Kansas%20Railway&pg=PP2#v=onepage
&q&f=false. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
Photographs of the Construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1868-69 at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library at Yale University
Railroad Photograph collection, including photos of Union Pacific construction] at Newberry Library
Railroads in California, handwritten report by L. M. Clement. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
Railserve's Union Pacific News
Route map at the Library of Congress
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum - Preserves and interprets railroad heritage through educational outreach,
oral history and archival collections. Located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Tucson, Arizona.
The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum - Event calendar, photos, mailing list, and links. Facility rental also available.
Located in Virginia.
The South Carolina Railroad Museum, Inc. - Museum for the preservation and interpretation of railroading in South
Carolina. Information on excursions rides, photograph gallery and roster of the collection.
VAPA_Digital Images_20th century Art Coffee Table Book
29. The Transcontinental Railroad
30. The Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Rail Merger: A Retrospective on Merger Benefits
31. Union Pacific 1989 (Denver & Rio Grande Western), Union Pacific 1995 (Chicago and North Western), Union Pacific
1996 (Southern Pacific), and Union Pacific 4141 (Air Force One)
32. Union Pacific Railroad History
33. Union Pacific's official website and system map
34. Vermont Railroad Museum - Information on the museum and collection with photos. Located in White River
Junction.
35. Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum - Featuring tales about the Illinois Central Railroad, the real story of
Casey Jones, annual gathering, project, and news. Located in Mississippi.
36. Whippany Railway Museum - Morris County's Railroad Museum is dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey's
railroad heritage. Photos.
37. Orphan Trains of Kansas - Stories, articles, bibliographies, timeline and other information on orphans shipped west at the turn of
the century in hopes of a better life.
38. Riders on an Orphan Train - Provides a brief history of the orphan trains and the stories of riders Anna May Potthoff Keeton and
William James Kimmel.
39. The Orphan Trains - From P.B.S.'s "The American Experience." Provides information about the orphan trains designed to take
their passengers to a better place and a fresh start.
40. Westward Expansion (Digital History): http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/westward/index.cfm.