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Author Bain, David Haward.

Title The old iron road : an epic of rails, roads, and the urge to go West / David Haward Bain.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  385.0973 BAIN    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  385.0973 BAIN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  385.0973 BAI    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  385.0973 BAI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  385.0973 BA    Check Shelf
Description xii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-412) and index.
Contents The odyssey begins -- Jumping off -- Rails and the river -- The Lincoln highway -- The road from Red Cloud -- Hell on wheels -- The view from the bluffs -- Magic city -- Road tested on the red plains -- Crossing the Divide -- Green River to the rim -- Through the canyons to paradise -- Following the Humboldt -- Silver State -- Over the Sierra -- From Sacramento to the sea -- Golden Gate.
Subject Railroads -- United States -- History.
West (U.S.) -- History.
ISBN 0670033081 alkaline paper
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