tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103155002024-03-19T01:48:26.180-07:00CPRR Discussion GroupCentral Pacific Railroad Photographic History MuseumCPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-16431363403254165122024-02-29T07:29:00.000-08:002024-02-29T07:35:31.499-08:00The Pacific Railroad - The Hartford Daily Times, Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853<p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Hartford_DailyTimes_1853a.jpg" title="The Pacific Railroad - The Hartford Daily Times, Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853" alt="The Pacific Railroad - The Hartford Daily Times, Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853" width="100%">
<p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Hartford_DailyTimes_1853b.jpg" title="The Pacific Railroad - The Hartford Daily Times, Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853" alt="The Pacific Railroad - The Hartford Daily Times, Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853" width="100%">
<hr><p>THE HARTFORD DAILY TIMES
<br>Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1853, No. 3057.
<br><b>The Pacific Railroad.</b>
<br>The Washington Union of Friday contains & well written "leader" on the Constitutional questions which surround the construction of the Pacific Railroad. The article is
doubtless, from the pen of secretary Davis. It is carefully written, and maybe looked upon as the programme marked out by the Cabinet.
We give a quotation: "It may turn out, and we think it probably will, that the determination of the government to furnish effectual aid in the construction of the road through its own territory, wherein lie the great physical obstacles, will give to the enterprise so much certainty of success, that individual and municipal capital will be enabled to construct not only one but many diverging tracks through the States through whose territory it may pass. In that event, the original strict doctrine of construction stands intact. If it becomes necessary, however, for the government to give aid to private capital to promote the enterprise in the States, then it does not follow that an appropriation from the treasury will be essential-the aid may be derived from the public lands in those States; and, in that event, the old strict-construction principle may not be disturbed. But even if it becomes essential, in order to insure the success of the enterprise, that money should be appropriated by the government to be expended in aid of the work in the States, it may be found, upon careful investigation, that the power to protect our Pacific possessions, in obedience to an express trust assumed by the government, may so far be regarded as a specified or express grant in the Constitution, as to authorize the appropriation."
That the Government has a right to construct all kinds of roads through the territories, no one will question. We imagine that constructing works through the States will not be so easily disposed of.
There is a large body of men in every Congress who believe that the movements of the General Government should be as circumscribed as possible. State rights should be preserved at all cost.
The nearer we keep matters to the people, the better their matters are managed.
If the National Government has a right to enter this State and build a railroad, or a portion of a road we cannot perceive why it may not enter and build up a system of canals in opposition to those already in existence.
Local affairs are best managed
by local authorities. Wrong may be done by our Common Councils as well as by more distant bodies: but such wrongs meet with a much more speedy adjustment.
Had the robberies of the New
York Aldermen been committed by Congress, the villainies would have gone on increasing for years.
State sovereignty should never be invaded.
The National Government should be tied down to the plain letter of the Constitution. Congress can and should build the Pacific Railroad through the territories. The moment it enters the States, however, that moment the enterprise should pass into the hands of individuals.
Congress has no more right
to run a railroad through this State than it has to go to Syracuse and open a salt boiling establishment.
<i>–Albany Knickerbocker</i>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-28904774645447530642024-02-15T02:24:00.000-08:002024-03-02T05:37:02.680-08:0025th Anniversary, CPRR Museum Website<a href="http://CPRR.org">Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum</a><br />
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A quarter century: 1999-2024<br />
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Stopped counting years ago after more than Five million visitors!<br />
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Happy 25th Anniversary and <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Kudos.html">thanks for all the kind words</a>!CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-30133349046597787012024-01-01T05:42:00.000-08:002024-03-02T05:44:01.883-08:00CPRR Discussion GroupWelcome to the <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net">CPRR Discussion Group</a> at the <a href="http://CPRR.org">Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum</a>. <p>See <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2005/07/how-to-post-to-cprr-discussion-group.html">HOW TO POST to the CPRR Discussion Group</a>. <p><font size="-2">© 2024 CPRR.org. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html">User Agreement</a> which permits personal use web viewing only; no copying; arbitration; no warranty. <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#DONATIONS">Only send content intended for publication</a>. <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#Caveat_Emptor">Links are not merchant endorsements – caveat emptor.</a> If you are <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#Children">under 13 years of age</a> you may read this message board, but you may not <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/FAQs.html#Questions" title="Children under age 13 - we want to hear from you, but please ask your mom or dad to send us the question.">participate</a>.</font> <p><font size="-3">CPRR Museum Category Tags:<br />
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<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Central Pacific Railroad</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Union Pacific Railroad</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Railroads</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Trains</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Locomotives</a><br />
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<copyright>Copyright © 2024, CPRR.org</copyright></font>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-19723078647763231692023-10-28T09:24:00.007-07:002023-10-28T10:03:19.491-07:00"A Golden nugget in the middle of Nebraska"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b>New Golden Spike Monument: <a href="https://northplattebulletin.com/a-golden-nugget-in-the-middle-of-nebraska/" target="_blank">"A Golden nugget in the middle of Nebraska" by Penny Craft, © <i>North Platte Bulletin,</i> October 27, 2023.</a></b></font> (News Article) <p>" ... A 43.23-foot [square root of the year 1869] tall golden spike [4 foot square aluminum covered with gold leaf] stopped in North Platte during a nine-city tour that began in Lexington, Ky. and continued to its destination in Utah. <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Golden+Spike+%22Monument%22+Douwe+Blumberg" target="_blank">The monument [by artist Douwe Blumberg]</a> arrived Oct. 23 [2023] at the Utah State Capitol. It will be on display there, but scheduled to be permanently placed in June 2024 at the <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Golden+Spike+Park+at+Reeder+Ranch+Monument" target="_blank">Golden Spike Park at Reeder Ranch</a>, an 8-acre plot through which the original transcontinental line ran, on the outskirts of Brigham City, Utah. ... " <i><a href="https://northplattebulletin.com/a-golden-nugget-in-the-middle-of-nebraska/" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p>
<p>Also see, <a href="https://player.vimeo.com/video/869192282?h=3cb921322d" target="_blank">Video</a> from the <a href="https://spike150.org/the-golden-spike-monument-by-douwe-blumberg/" target="_blank">Golden Spike Foundation</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-56305919040423658752023-09-08T22:43:00.003-07:002023-09-08T22:43:43.816-07:00Fire Lookout on Red MountainFrom: "Timothy Roumph" tim699r@yahoo.com
<p>Today a friend and I climbed to the lookout on Red Mountain. We took an unmarked trail from the Fordyce Lake Road, very steep but takes you right to the lookout. While up there we met a communications worker at the other end of the mountain and he told me he believed there was a railroad grade nearby, we never saw any grades. My best guess if there was a RR grade it would've been more than likely for logging and at much lower elevations. I have followed many of them in the Plumas and Tahoe National Forests and have become familiar with what they look like even after many decades of the rails having been removed.
<p>Another guy told me the building was used by the railroads to look at the tracks below by I-80 (now) not there then for dangers such as snow blocking the path of the trains. There are still a few poles standing which I believe were telephone line poles, the poles going directly to the building.
<p>Can you ... tell me if the building was used by RR personnel to look for dangers to the track or was only used as a fire lookout? Also any info about any RR grades relatively close to the building? ...
<p>–Tim Roumph, Sparks, Nevada
<hr><p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Rock_Lookout_Red_Moutain_7739.jpg" title="Fire Lookout on Red Mountain" alt="Fire Lookout on Red Mountain" width="100%">
<p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Rock_Lookout_Red_Moutain_7745.jpg" title="Fire Lookout on Red Mountain" alt="Fire Lookout on Red Mountain" width="100%">
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-89863696362922194242023-07-21T07:51:00.003-07:002023-07-21T08:13:10.479-07:00National Archives<b>National Archives:</b><br>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299953" target="_blank">Pacific Railway Act</a>
<p><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html">An Act to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes
<br>Other titles: Act of July 1, 1862 (Pacific Railroad Act), 12 STAT 489, which established the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean</a>
<p><a href="https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2019/05/08/celebrating-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-transcontinental-railroad/" target="_blank">Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad</a>
<p><a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/cartographic/railroad-maps" target="_blank">Railroad Maps in the Cartographic Research Room</a>
<p><a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/research/railroads/reference-info-paper.pdf" target="_blank">Records Relating to Railroads in the Cartographic Section of the National Archives</a>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-7727623943119274412023-07-20T09:06:00.011-07:002023-07-20T09:17:46.020-07:00Winchester 1887 rifle with CPRR markingsFrom: "Riversong F Arms" riversong.farms@gmail.com
<p>We have a Winchester 1887 with CPRR markings in our reference collection on both the barrel and the tang. We had earlier thought it belonged to the Canadian Pacific Railway (we are in Canada) but it was pointed out to us recently that the second R likely points to Central Pacific Rail Road ownership.
<p><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Winchester+rifle+site%3Acprr.org+OR+site%3Adiscussion.cprr.net&t=osx&ia=web">Do you have any records of CPRR owned Winchester</a> 1887's and any details on the configuration they were contracted in if so?
<p>–Ted Kouznetsov, Secretary, Riversong F Arms (9880755 Canada Inc)
<hr><p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/CPR_Winchester_1887.jpg" title="CPR CPRR Winchester 1887 rifle" alt="CPR CPRR Winchester 1887 rifle" width="100%"><br>
Picture of the CPRR markings on the tang.<br><i>Courtesy Ted Kouznetsov, Secretary, Riversong F Arms</i>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-76092831257595348302023-05-31T14:33:00.036-07:002023-07-23T11:44:13.508-07:00Other topics<b><font size="+2">Other topics</font></b>
<p>While 99% of our <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Kudos.html">acclaimed</a> <a href="http://CPRR.org/about.html">huge website</a> is about the <a href="http://CPRR.org">first transcontinental railroad</a>, including its <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/index.html#Read">railroad history</a> with <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Exhibits.html">exhibits</a>, <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Maps/index.html">maps</a>, <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Exhibit/index.html">photographs</a>, and its <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Chinese.html">Chinese railroad workers</a>, there also are some other topics:
<blockquote><p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/BMLRR/" target="_blank">The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad in Maine</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Palace_Hotel_SF/" target="_blank">The Palace Hotel in San Francisco</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Archive/index.html#Cities" target="_blank">Some 19th Century City Views</a> of <a href="http://saltlakecity.cityviews.us/" target="_blank">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="http://sacramento.cityviews.us/" target="_blank">Sacramento</a>, and <a href="http://sanfrancisco.cityviews.us/" target="_blank">San Francisco</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/health" target="_blank">Making Health Care Affordable</a>
<p>● <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2016/11/lenses-cameras-and-photo-equipment.html" target="_blank">Lenses, cameras, and photo equipment (with extensive reviews of alternative manual focus lenses)*</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/quotes" target="_blank">More wonderful (or outrageous) quotations, anecdotes, and aphorisms*</a>
<!-- <p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/discussion/referrer.html" title="Google/Blogger has 'UNPUBLISHED' our free speech page, so here, instead, is a link to an archived copy." target="_blank">More wonderful (or outrageous) quotations, anecdotes, and aphorisms*</a>
Actual location is: http://discussion.cprr.net/2009/03/more-wonderful-or-outrageous-quotations.html -->
<p>● <a href="http://radiologicalimaging.com" target="_blank">Magnetic resonance therapy</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/FAQs.html#wealth" target="_blank">Personal Finance Educational Concepts</a> and <a href="http://CPRR.org/investing/" target="_blank">Investing Notes</a>
<p>● <a href="http://CPRR.org/DrBensKitchen.html" target="_blank">Cooking links to terrific video's from <b><i>"Dr. Ben's Kitchen"</i></b></a>
<p>● <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2020/07/search-boxes-not-working-workaround.html">Fix searches with "No results found"</a>
<p>● <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2006/12/1902-1908-harriman-realignment-map.html#116656640595508856">Stay Safe: Wilderness/Railroad <font color="RED">SAFETY WARNING!</font></a> and <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2013/10/railroad-photography-safety.html">Railroad/Photography <font color="RED">SAFETY WARNING!</font></a></blockquote>
<p>[*Book length!]
<p>Hope that listing them here, will help make finding some of these scattered gems easier. Enjoy!
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-73269586024501873702023-05-13T09:27:00.006-07:002023-05-13T09:43:25.656-07:00"'Chinese Workers' Experience' exhibit sheds light on forgotten history"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/chinese-workers-experience-exhibit-sheds-light-on-forgotten-history/" target="_blank">"'Chinese Workers' Experience' exhibit sheds light on forgotten history" by SAKURA GRAY, © <i>CBS News Sacramento,</i> May 12, 2023.</a></b></font> (News Article/<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSE_0BgoWgs" target="_blank">TV/Video</a></b>) <p>"<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=California+State+Railroad+Museum+Chinese+Workers+Experience" target="_blank">The California State Railroad Museum's "Chinese Workers' Experience" exhibit</a> tells the stories of <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Chinese.html">Chinese railroad workers</a> who played a fundamental role in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. ... Dr. Herbert K. Yee was a pioneer in bringing the exhibit to fruition. ... As a descendant of a Chinese railroad worker, the exhibit gave a voice to Yee's family history that has been passed down for generations. ... " <i><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/chinese-workers-experience-exhibit-sheds-light-on-forgotten-history/" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p>
<p><a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2006/05/fudging-facts-doesnt-promote-tolerance.html#7268151754556605393"><i>"Forgotten" history?</i></a>
<p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a> and <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Bruce+C+Cooper+transcontinental+central+pacific+railroad" target="_blank">Bruce C. Cooper</a>.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-76540740292432327472023-05-10T08:21:00.004-07:002023-05-10T08:31:01.362-07:00Happy Anniversary - May 10th<a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Done!.html">Golden Spike Day, May 10, 1869.</a>
<p> <a href="https://blog.oup.com/2012/05/the-significance-of-golden-spike-day/" target="_blank">Happy</a> <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2019/05/150th-anniversary-of-transcontinental.html">Anniversary!</a>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-61498816705094054992023-02-20T09:40:00.004-08:002023-02-20T10:38:38.322-08:00Oakland Mayor John L. Davie 1892 conflict with CPRRFrom: "John Sutton" suttonj@comcast.net<br>
CC: "Garrett Sutton" gsutton@sutlaw.com
<p>John L. Davie, who later became the longest serving mayor of <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Maps/Long_Wharf_Oakland.html" target="_blank">Oakland</a>, took
on the Central Pacific Railroad when he built a warehouse on the waterfront
there, and challenged the "fence around the city" of the railroad. It
became quite a conflict, and it happened in 1892. Would you happen to have
the dates in which that took place? ...
<p>–John SuttonCPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-41721444542923295492023-02-19T16:17:00.007-08:002023-02-19T16:17:57.935-08:00CPRR President Isaac L. RequaFrom: "John Sutton" suttonj@comcast.net<br>
Subject: Historical Inquiry - CPRR President Isaac L. Requa
<p>My great, great grandfather was named Isaac Requa. He was President of the Central Pacific Railroad from 1894 until at least 1899, but perhaps later as he died in 1905.
<p>I am wondering if anyone there might be able to tell the dates, months particularly would be good, that he held his tenure as President. ...
<p>–John Sutton
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-26964727577948650832023-01-15T13:20:00.001-08:002023-01-15T13:27:40.753-08:00Question about 'Jupiter' photographWhat is the unusual tall structure behind the 'Jupiter' locomotive (with <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Chinese.html#Jupiter">Chinese</a>) in this photograph. Where is this? (Any other information about this unknown?)
<hr><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Locomotives/index.html#Jupiter"><p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/photographs/Jupiter_SP.jpg" width="80%"></a>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-66459418669304436912022-12-31T21:00:00.001-08:002022-12-31T21:00:00.202-08:00CPRR Discussion GroupWelcome to the <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net">CPRR Discussion Group</a> at the <a href="http://CPRR.org">Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum</a>. <p>See <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2005/07/how-to-post-to-cprr-discussion-group.html">HOW TO POST to the CPRR Discussion Group</a>. <p><font size="-2">© 2023 CPRR.org. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html">User Agreement</a> which permits personal use web viewing only; no copying; arbitration; no warranty. <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#DONATIONS">Only send content intended for publication</a>. <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#Caveat_Emptor">Links are not merchant endorsements – caveat emptor.</a> If you are <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/legal.html#Children">under 13 years of age</a> you may read this message board, but you may not <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/FAQs.html#Questions" title="Children under age 13 - we want to hear from you, but please ask your mom or dad to send us the question.">participate</a>.</font> <p><font size="-3">CPRR Museum Category Tags:<br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Transcontinental Railroad</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Central Pacific Railroad</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Union Pacific Railroad</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Railroads</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Trains</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Locomotives</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">History of the American West</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html" rel="tag">Chinese railroad workers</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Photography</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Photographs</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Stereoviews</a>, <a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Stereographs</a><br />
<a href="http://cprr.org" rel="tag">Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum</a><br />
<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/central+pacific+railroad" rel="tag" target="_blank">Central Pacific</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/railroad" rel="tag" target="_blank">Railroad</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/photography" rel="tag" target="_blank"> Photographic</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/history" rel="tag" target="_blank"> History</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/museum" rel="tag" target="_blank">Museum</a></font><br />
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CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-63687091156924894122022-11-20T10:32:00.007-08:002022-11-20T10:48:05.584-08:00"Where are the precious spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad?"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://fox40.com/news/where-are-the-precious-spikes-of-the-transcontinental-railroad/" target="_blank">"Where are the precious spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad?" by Matthew Nobert, California State Railroad Museum Federation, <i>© Nexstar Media Inc., </i> Nov 19, 2022.</a></b></font> (News Article) <p>"[1] ... Leland Stanford Junior University would receive <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Done!.html#Golden_Spike" title="'Using $400 of his own gold, Hewes hired William T. Garatt Foundry of San Francisco to cast the golden spike. The 17.6 carat gold spike measured 5 5/8 inches long and weighed 14.03 ounces.' ... 'The Pacific Railroad ground broken Jan 8th 1863 and completed May 8th 1869. ... May God continue the unity of our Country as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world. Presented David Hewes San Francisco.'">The Last Spike</a> ['May 8, 1869'] in 1892 when David Hewes donated it to the university. Today it resides in the universities Cantor Arts Center. <a href="https://discussion.cprr.net/2005/11/lost-spike-has-been-found.html">... [2]</a> In November 2005, the California State Railroad Museum purchased the ['May 10, 1869' <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Golden_Spike_Missing.html" title="">lost] spike</a> ... [with] the spur at the tip of the spike ... and have it on display today at their location in Old Town Sacramento. ... [3] The second golden spike that Stanford was given during the ceremony was commissioned by Frederick Marriott, founder of the <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Newspapers/SF_Newsletter_1869.html" title="'This spike was smaller and valued at half the amount of The Last Spike. It was 5-inches long, weighed 9 1/2 ounces and made from $200 worth of gold.' ... 'With this spike the San Francisco News Letter offers its homage to the great work which has joined the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This month-May, 1869.'"><i>San Francisco News Letter</i></a>. ... given to a Union Pacific dignitary or sent back to the <i>News Letter</i> where it may have been destroyed in the 1906 fire of San Francisco. <a href="https://discussion.cprr.net/2005/11/lost-spike-has-been-found.html#113158083377609423" title="' ... commissioned by F.A. Trittle on May 5, 1869, 25 ounces of silver was provided by Virginia City assayers E. Ruhling and Co. and Robert Lodge of Dowling Blacksmith Shop forged the silver into a 6-inch long and 10 1/2 ounce spike' ... 'To Leland Stanford President of the Central Pacific railroad. To the iron of the East and the gold of the West Nevada adds her link of silver to span the continent and wed the oceans.'">[4] The Silver Spike of Nevada</a> ... was sent back to Virginia City ... Today the silver spike lives along side The Last Spike at Candor Arts Center at Stanford University. ... <a href="https://discussion.cprr.net/2005/11/lost-spike-has-been-found.html#113158083377609423" title="'Ribbed with iron clad in silver and crowned with gold Arizona presents her offering to the enterprise that has banded a continent and dictated a pathway to commerce. Presented by Governor Safford.'">[5] Arizona</a>’s Governor Anson P.K. Safford commissioned a iron spike to be plated on the top in gold and the lower section in silver. ... today it is on display at the Museum of the City of New York. ... " <i><a href="https://fox40.com/news/where-are-the-precious-spikes-of-the-transcontinental-railroad/" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p><p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-68535063788784938452022-10-06T09:38:00.014-07:002022-10-06T10:03:08.685-07:00E.O. Gibson's Wx4 Timetable web siteAlso see, <a href="https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timetables.html" target="_blank">E.O. Gibson's Wx4 Timetable web site</a>.
<p><center><a href="https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/and_timetables.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/1868-06-18CP28_wx4.jpg" title="CPRR Timetable 1868" alt="CPRR Timetable 1868" width="100%"><br>CPRR Timetable, June 18, 1868<br><i>Courtesy of E.O. Gibson's WX4 Timetable web site, Shasta Archive, and SPH&TS SP Trainline (summer 2019)</i></a></center>
<p><font size="-2"><i>[Courtesy of the <a href="https://rlhs.org/WP/" target="_blank">Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Internet Message List</a>.]</i></font></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-54285500509937163452022-10-02T22:45:00.005-07:002022-10-02T22:55:29.387-07:00Tom Macaulay map, book, and reports collections at the Truckee-Donner Historical Society<a href="https://www.sierrasun.com/news/history-windows-to-the-world-tom-macaulay-book-collection/" target="_blank">Tom Macaulay map, book, and reports collections at the Truckee-Donner Historical Society.</a>
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<hr><p align="center"><a href="https://www.truckeehistory.org" target="_blank"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Overland_Limited-Cold_Stream_bridge.jpg" title="The Overland Limited on the Cold Stream bridge, just west of Truckee, California, 1902." alt="Overland Limited on the Cold Stream bridge, just west of Truckee, CA" width="100%">
<br>The Overland Limited on the Cold Stream bridge, just west of Truckee, California, 1902.
<br><i>Courtesy of the Truckee-Donner Historical Society.</i></a>
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CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-1817502540935835392022-09-21T08:34:00.004-07:002022-09-21T08:54:08.617-07:00"Trans-Mississippi Railroad Construction to 1900" by Robert Edgar Riegel, Ph.D., 1922<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Books/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/Digitized_by_Google/Trans_Mississippi_Railroad_Construction.pdf" target="_blank">"Trans-Mississippi Railroad Construction to 1900" by Robert Edgar Riegel, Ph.D., <i>University of Wisconsin,</i> 1922.</a></b></font> (Doctoral Thesis)
<p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://books.google.com" target="_blank">Google Books</a> and the <a href="https://rlhs.org/WP/" target="_blank">Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Internet Message List</a>, Bill Husband and Michael Lowe.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-10344759004194102282022-08-11T09:07:00.012-07:002022-08-11T09:38:14.840-07:00Three more unique Railroad Maps<b>Three more unique <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Maps/index.html">Railroad Maps</a> (click map images to enlarge):</b>
<hr><p>Map of Location of Central Pacific Railroad of California from Sacramento to Big Bend of Truckee, Theodore Judah, Chief Engineer; 1861; Roads; Civil Works Map File, 1818 - 1947; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/map-central-pacific-railroad-of-california" target="_blank">Records of the office of the Chief of Engineers</a>, Record Group 77; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=transcontinental+railroad&searchType=all&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=L2qFpgBhRK6X&reset=1" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD</a>.
<p align="center"><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_Location_of_CPRR_from_Sacramento_to_Big_Bend_of_Truckee_1861'.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_Location_of_CPRR_from_Sacramento_to_Big_Bend_of_Truckee_1861'.jpg" title="Map of Location of CPRR from Sacramento to Big Bend of Truckee, 1861 [CLICK to enlarge]" alt="Map of Location of CPRR from Sacramento to Big Bend of Truckee, 1861" align="center" width="100%"><br>Map of Location of CPRR from Sacramento to Big Bend of Truckee, 1861</a><hr>
<p>Map of the Railroad Survey from Omaha, Nebraska, to San Francisco, California; June 30, 1867; New Mexico, Utah, California, Oregon, and Washington; Civil Works Map File, 1818 - 1947; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/map-survey-transcontinental-railroad" target="_blank">Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers</a>, Record Group 77; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=transcontinental+railroad&searchType=all&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=L2qFpgBhRK6X&reset=1" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD</a>.
<p align="center"><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_the_Railroad_Survey_from_Omaha_Nebraska_to_San_Francisco_California_6-30-1867'.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_the_Railroad_Survey_from_Omaha_Nebraska_to_San_Francisco_California_6-30-1867'.jpg" title="Map of the Railroad Survey from Omaha Nebraska to San Francisco California 6-30-1867 [CLICK to enlarge]" alt="Map of the Railroad Survey from Omaha Nebraska to San Francisco California 6-30-1867" align="center" width="100%"><br>Map of the Railroad Survey from Omaha Nebraska to San Francisco California, June 30, 1867</a><hr>
<p>Map of the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad Company; Central Pacific Railroad; Railroad Right-of-Way Maps, ca. 1872 - ca. 1875; National Archives Identifier: 84785984; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/map-of-the-western-division-of-the-central-pacific-railroad-company" target="_blank">Records of the Bureau of Land Management</a>, Record Group 49; <a href="https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=transcontinental+railroad&searchType=all&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=L2qFpgBhRK6X&reset=1" target="_blank">National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD</a>.
<p align="center"><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_the_Western_Division_of_the_Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company'.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Map_of_the_Western_Division_of_the_Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company'.jpg" title="Map of the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad Company [CLICK to enlarge]" alt="Map of the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad Company" align="center" width="100%"><br>Map of the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad Company</a><hr>
<p><i>Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration.</i>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-63586677039413176162022-07-13T20:08:00.003-07:002022-07-13T20:10:46.233-07:00"New sculpture at Golden Spike park honors unsung heroes of railroad"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://www.hjnews.com/tremonton/new-sculpture-at-golden-spike-park-honors-unsung-heroes-of-railroad/article_2d842455-02f2-5915-bef1-f142d663de76.html" target="_blank">"New sculpture at Golden Spike park honors unsung heroes of railroad" by Jeff DeMoss, © <i>Tremonton Leader,</i> July 13, 2022.</a></b></font> (News Article) <p>" ... The newest monument standing at Box Elder County's Golden Spike National Historical Park is, by design, one of the first things visitors to the park now see as they approach the site at Promontory Summit. The 24-foot-high sculpture, entitled <i>Monument to Their Memory,</i> was built to honor all the railroad workers from many different cultures and backgrounds whose backbreaking efforts were crucial in the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. ... " <i><a href="https://www.hjnews.com/tremonton/new-sculpture-at-golden-spike-park-honors-unsung-heroes-of-railroad/article_2d842455-02f2-5915-bef1-f142d663de76.html" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p><p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-26041356715443866482022-06-27T08:39:00.004-07:002022-07-07T13:09:10.326-07:00"Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://vimeo.com/user4535612" target="_blank">"Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads" by Nick Fry, © <i>Grolier Club,</i> June 29, 2022.</a></b></font> (<a href="https://vimeo.com/725741521" target="_blank">Virtual Lecture on Building the Railroads</a>) <p>"<a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo192734949.html" target="_blank">Nicholas Fry</a>, curator of <i><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Travelers+Tracks+and+Tycoons+Railroad+in+American+Legend+and+Life" target="_blank">Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons</a>,</i> will speak on <i><a href="https://vimeo.com/725741521" target="_blank">Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads.</a></i> His presentation will show the portrayal of railroad construction and workers in graphics from woodcuts to modern photographs. Offered in connection with the exhibition <i>Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life,</i> curated by the St. Louis Mercantile Library, and running in the Grolier Club's ground-floor exhibition hall through July 30, 2022." <i><a href="https://vimeo.com/user4535612" target="_blank">[ONLINE VIDEO]</a></i> </p><p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>
CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-15144435523800060102022-06-21T11:11:00.056-07:002022-09-21T09:05:50.763-07:00Lewis Clement, founding chicken rancher in Castro Valley<b>"Lewis Clement, founding chicken rancher in Castro Valley"</b>
<p>On Jun 19, 2021 "Rick Kelly" cv4wheeler4@gmail.com wrote:
<p>... Castro Valley, California is about 15 miles from downtown Oakland. Historically, it is mostly known as the 2nd largest chicken ranching community in California history, from about 1905-1950. It turns out that <b><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Lewis_Metzler_Clement.html" target="_blank">Lewis [Metzler] Clement</a></b> was one of three people responsible for the start of chicken ranching in town, in fact in a 1938 presentation he was (indirectly, but reliably) identified as the founder of the movement. Nowadays, he gets no credit, I mean to change that. ...
<p>"In 1899 Clement retired to a farm in Castro Valley on one of the lots of former boss James Strobridges’ Laurel Farm subdivision and set about raising chickens. He had a windmill and water tank installed in 1899, the following year he erected a 117-foot-long chicken barn. Clement lived in town for the rest of his life, passing in 1914. His one surviving son (two died as children) and his grandson were famed for early radio transmissions between Hawaii and California in 1914."<br><i>—From <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Mapping+the+Evolution+of+Castro+Valley+Rick+Kelly" target="_blank">'Mapping the Evolution of Castro Valley' by Rick Kelly</a></i>
<p>When the Recorder's office opens, I will figure out exactly which one of Jim Strobridge's Laurel Farm lots he set his farm up on (pretty sure it was lot 14 or 15).
<p align="center"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Subdivision_of_Laurel_Farm_1884.png" title="Subdivision of Laurel Farm, 1884" alt="Subdivision of Laurel Farm, 1884" width="90%"><br>Tract map of [James H.] Strobridge's land as subdivided in 1884
<hr><p>... I have also attached the newspaper clippings that document Clement's building out his chicken ranch in town.
<p align="center">Castro Valley Chicken Rancher Clement<br><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/castro_valley_chicken_rancher_clement.png" title="Castro Valley Chicken Rancher, Clement." alt="Castro Valley Chicken Rancher, Clement." width="100%">
<hr><p align="center">"For Peacherinos"<br><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/For_Peacherinos.png" title="For Peacherinos" alt="For Peacherinos" width="75%"><br><i>Courtesy of Rick Kelly.</i>
<br><br><br><hr><hr><p align="center"><a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Lewis_Metzler_Clement.html"><img src="http://CPRR.org/Museum/images/I_ACCEPT_the_User_Agreement/discussion/Lewis_Metzler_Clement_c1910.jpg" title="Lewis Metzler Clement, portrait c. 1910" alt="Lewis Metzler Clement, portrait c. 1910" width="75%"><br>Lewis Metzler Clement, portrait c. 1910<br><i>Courtesy of the Bruce C. Cooper Collection.</i></a>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-46704256376669443982022-06-05T12:38:00.012-07:002022-07-07T13:13:48.446-07:00"Lightning Express goes coast-to-coast in 83 hours (in 1876!)"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-lightning-express-goes-coast-to-coast-in-83-hours-in-1876" target="_blank">"Lightning Express goes coast-to-coast in 83 hours (in 1876!)"</a> by <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/author/scottmall" target="_blank">Scott Mall, © <i>Freightwaves,</a></i> June 3, 2022.</b></font> (History Article) <p>" ... the record for the [coast to coast] trip <a href="https://discussion.cprr.net/2011/05/transcontinental-travel-times-in-1869.html"> prior to 1880</a> took place on June 4, 1876. Only 83 hours after leaving New York City, the Transcontinental Express (also known as the Lightning Express) arrived in San Francisco. ... A train <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/FAQs2.html#NYC">left the Jersey City Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad</a> early on the morning of June 1, 1876 and began to speed west along the tracks. From there to California, the mainline was cleared for the train. Other trains were moved to side tracks for it. Supplies, water and coal were made ready for fast loading. Shifts of engineers, firemen, brakemen and conductors were stationed at strategic points along the route to relieve crews; stops were very brief. As the train sped westward, word of its trip spread over the telegraph. The message was short but compelling: 'The Lightning Express is on the way.' The Express stopped for as short a period as possible to change equipment and crews, load fuel and supplies. It rode the rails as fast as possible day and night, and arrived in California on June 4. The trip took 83 hours and 39 minutes from Jersey City to Oakland; in other words, only three days, 11 hours and 39 minutes. ... There were five railroads involved in the cross-country trip ... (the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh, Fort Worth & Chicago, the Chicago & North Western, the <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/index.html#Travel">Union Pacific and the Central Pacific</a>) ... Four of them exchanged locomotives along their segments in order to avoid mechanical failure. However, the final 875 miles on Central Pacific track was pulled by a single locomotive (<a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2012/09/jarrett-palmer-upset.html">#149, known as the 'Black Fox'</a>). And one engineer was at the helm during that part of the run. The Black Fox was driven from Ogden, Utah to Oakland by <a href="http://discussion.cprr.net/2018/06/1876-jarrett-palmers-transcontinental.html">Henry S. Small</a>, one of the railroad’s most experienced engineers. ... For his devotion, Small was awarded a gold medal by the trip organizers ... " <i><a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-lightning-express-goes-coast-to-coast-in-83-hours-in-1876" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p><p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10315500.post-10790280119256645372022-06-02T19:21:00.008-07:002022-06-02T19:42:20.350-07:00"Nevada's Central Pacific Railroad"<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1"><b><a href="https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/jun/01/dennis-cassinelli-nevadas-central-pacific-railroad/" target="_blank">"Nevada's Central Pacific Railroad"</a> by <a href="https://denniscassinelli.com" target="_blank">Dennis Cassinelli</a>, © <i>Nevada Appeal,</i> June 1, 2022.</a></b></font> (History Article) <p>" ... Being a construction person, I cannot help but admire <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/index.html#Construction">what was accomplished</a> by these people between April 1868 and May 1869. Without heavy construction equipment, these men built a railroad that crossed the entire <a href="http://CPRR.org/AcrossNevada/index.html">expanse of the state of Nevada</a> in a little more than one year. The roadbed was flat and smooth, and the grading was done with <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Chinese.html">Chinese laborers</a> using wheelbarrows, picks and shovels. The roadbed was built up by taking material from a 'borrow ditch' on either side and throwing it up onto the roadbed. In a hill or cut section, the material was thrown up over the side and not hauled long distances as it is in modern construction. The original roadbed didn't even have ballast between the ties in many areas. This was added later when the line was completed and ballast material could be brought in on railroad cars. ... So far, I have found several railroad spikes, a broken brake shoe, some <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Caliron/">track plates</a> and a remarkable <a href="http://CPRR.org/Museum/Ephemera/Journal_Box_Cover_1865_BCC.html">cover plate from a journal box with the inscription 'C.P.R.R. — 1875.'</a> ... " <i><a href="https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/jun/01/dennis-cassinelli-nevadas-central-pacific-railroad/" target="_blank">[More]</a></i> </p><p><span style="font-size:-2;"><i>[Courtesy <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>.]</i></span></p>CPRR Discussion Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466597080538318283noreply@blogger.com0