Union Pacific Railroad

Publication

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.40

Description

Union Pacific Railroad is a pamphlet published by the Union Pacific Railroad which gives a brief history leading up to the building of the railroad and continues through the construction and the problems during that time. Among the problems were the Indians and the rough crews which not only built, but caused problems in the towns which sprung up along the railroad. Freight was the big job and various industrial site sprang up along the tracks. This pamphlet is from the Don Reynolds collection. 30/Softbound/Photographs/Maps.

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railroads, Transportation

Search Terms

Golden Spike, Central Pacific Railroad, Railroad Labor, Western Migration, Indian Interaction, Union Pacific Railroad

Publication Details

Author

Union Pacific Railroad

Place Published

City

Omaha

State/Province

Nebraska

Date Published

1960

Call No.

Western UN

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent