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  • | Speech

    Ashland, VA Speech, 1896-09-18

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Time Table

    Atlantic & Great Western Railroad

    The Atlantic & Great Western Railroad stressed its safety record and comfortable, elegant, luxurious cars. The time table quotes former Illinois Congressman Elihu B. Washburn on the road's smooth ride and "clean, light, and airy" setting. The road also boasted that its passengers traveling in its beautifully appointed Pullman cars would "not have to leave the train between Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis."

  • | Time Table

    Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

    The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad's 1887 time table featured the speed of its route from St. Louis, Kansas City, or Chicago to Los Angeles. The time table emphasized express trains and fewer changes of cars than competing lines.

  • | Speech

    Atlantic, IA Speech, 1896-08-07

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Aurora, NE Speech, 1896-11-02

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Photograph

    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad artist excursion, 1858

    Following its 1857 grand banquet, the B & O hosted an artists? excursion in 1858 to show off its dramatic vistas and massive tunnels. The men and women took turns riding precariously on the cowcatcher, Harper?s Weekly reported, to get a "better view of the grand scenes which were opening before and around them . . . such was the confidence felt in the steadiness and docility of the mighty steed."

  • | Time Table

    Baltimore and Ohio R.R.

    The Baltimore and Ohio was one of the oldest railroads in the nation and the first to break through the Allegheny Mountains to reach the Ohio River in 1857. In its 1880 time table the railroad stressed the natural features and wonders along its route and its picturesque sites. The road also used a massive map of the nation to expose its western connections.

  • | Speech

    Baltimore, MD Speech 1, 1896-09-19

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Baltimore, MD Speech 2, 1896-09-19

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Photograph

    Barricades at Alexandria, Virginia.

  • | Speech

    Barrytown, NY Speech, 1896-08-17

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Bath, ME Speech, 1896-09-26

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Belleville, IL Speech, 1896-09-14

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Book

    Beyond the Mississippi; from the Great River to the Great Ocean

    Albert D. Richardson's Beyond the Mississippi; from the Great River to the Great Ocean is a detailed and exciting account of life and travels in the West and Far West in the years before the transcontinental railroad was completed. From Native American life, to gold fields, to emigrant trains, Richardson's portrayals of the region are interesting and informative. In this section, he describes the building of the transcontinental railroad in Nebraska - "the Conquest of Nature moving toward the Pacific."

  • | Speech

    Bloomington, IL Speech, 1896-10-27

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Time Table

    Boston and Albany

    The Boston & Albany's 1885 time table emphasized its connection with the New York Central and its modern safety, as the "only double track route from New England to the West."

  • | Speech

    Boston, MA Speech 1, 1896-09-25

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Boston, MA Speech 2, 1896-09-25

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Boston, MA Speech 3, 1896-09-25

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Brainerd, MN Speech, 1896-10-13

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.