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  • | Map

    Western Railroad Lines, 1880 and 1930

    These two maps from the 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States depict the extent of western railroads in 1880 and 1930. They illustrate the tremendous growth of the railroad in the western United States during this fifty-year period.

  • | Speech

    Weeping Water, NE Speech, 1896-08-08

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Illustration

    Weber Canon And River

    This image from the October 30, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the Union Pacific Railroad in Weber Canyon. Just months after the driving of the "golden spike," the transcontinental railroad was in operation ferrying passengers through some of the most sublime, dramatic landscapes of the west.

  • | Speech

    Washington, MO Speech, 1896-07-16

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Speech

    Washington, DC Speech, 1896-09-19

    Speech by William Jennings Bryan.

  • | Newspaper

    Washington

    This article from the July 28, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the actions of the federal government in response to the strike at this point, including instructions to military commanders and the president's policy.

  • | Newspaper

    Washington

    This article from the July 27, 1877 issue of the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the debate in Washington on how to settle the problems with the railroads.

  • | Newspaper

    Washington

    This July 25, 1877 article from the Pittsburgh Daily Post notes the response of the federal government to the strikes and describes where military personnel will be stationed.

  • | Newspaper

    Want Better Mail Service

    The quality, availability, and cost of railroad service in a local community often became a contentious political issue pitting locals against non-locals and spilling into local political contests. The Omaha Bee, an enemy of railroad power of any sort, emphasizes the local community's "right" to equal service.

  • | Book

    Walden

    An excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's Walden. The progress represented by the railroad presents a mixed legacy to the rural life Thoreau treasures.

  • | Artwork

    View on the Platte Valley Plains, near Columbus, Nebraska, as seen from the Union Pacific Railroad

  • View On The Little Miami Railroad And River

    This is an image of a view on the Little Miami Railroad and River near Fort Ancient, Ohio in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.

  • View Of Xenia

    This is an image of Xenia, Ohio, a leading station on the Little Miami Railroad, in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.

  • | Artwork

    View of the Town of Sydney, The Nearest Railraod Station to the Black Hills, 1877

  • View Of Morrow

    This is an image of the village of Morrow, Ohio on the Little Miami Railroad in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.

  • View Of Milford

    This is an image of Milford, Ohio on the Little Miami Railroad in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.

  • View Of Main Steet, The "Broadway" Of Columbus

    This is an image of Main Street in Columbus, Ohio in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857.

  • | Illustration

    View in Atlanta, Georgia

    This image from the November 26, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the railroad depot in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • | Illustration

    View From the Bluffs at Catawissa

  • | Illustration

    Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad

    A steel-engraved image by Henry Adlard, from a drawing by William Henry Barlett, in American Scenery or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.