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CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, June 20, 1867  Page 3 begins with an interesting report: "Union Pacific Railroad" which comments on the construction efforts of the transcontinental railroad,… more

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, April 26, 1867   Page 3 has: "Pacific Railroad--Indian Council" which reports on the progress of this historic transcontinental railroad project. Also that:… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 29, 1869 The key print in this issue is a fine double page centerfold on "Completion Of The Pacific Railroad - The Great Link Connecting Europe With Asia Across the… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 5, 1869  Inside has a very nice half page print: "Completion of the Pacific Railroad - Meeting of Locomotives of the Union and Central Pacific Lines: The Engineers… more

TRANS-CONTINENTAL, Laramie, Wyoming, June 28, 1870

* First Transcontinental Railroad "Overland Route"
* Very first excursion published newspaper (#9)

This is a very fascinating newspaper,… more

NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1869  

* Completing the Transcontinental railroad
* Golden spike driven in at Promontory Point

The front page begins with over three columns taken up with this… more

THE OGDEN JUNCTION, Utah, 1873  The masthead features a nice illustration symbolizing the "junction" of the east & west railroads with the completion of the transcontinental railroad which happened… more

THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Placer County, California, April 18, 1891  Placer mining in the Auburn area was very good, with the camp first becoming known as the North Fork Dry Diggings, later changed… more

THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Placer County, California, Sept. 12, 1885  

* Rare Old West publication

Placer mining in the Auburn area was very good, with the camp first becoming known as the… more

THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Placer County, California, Jan. 17, 1891  Placer mining in the Auburn area was very good, with the camp first becoming known as the North Fork Dry Diggings, later changed… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 1852  

* Transcontinental Railroad thought

Page 3 has a nice report: "The Desert Beyond the Colorado--And the Pacific Railroad" being a… more

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Oct. 23, 1867  The front page has: "The Indians" which reports from the Plains & at Fort Larned. Included as well is a letter from Fort Sumner, New Mexico concerning the… more

SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, California, November 5, 1868  Although known to all as the current capital of California, this city got its start thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was… more

MINSTREL ADVOCATE, "Published Daily, All Along The Road" as noted in the masthead. This is a house newspaper for the Whitmore & Clark Minstrel Troupe that performed across the country. The date of… more

OGDEN JUNCTION, Utah, 1873 Here is a great paper from Ogden, which is rather close to Promontory Point where the completion of the transcontinental railroad was celebrated just five years previous.… more

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Jan. 19, 1871  Front page items include: "The Pacific Paradise" which extols the great climate of San Diego over that of Nice, France. "How to Fight the Apaches"… more

THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891 (nice condition)  A collection of nine issues of this fascinating newspaper from the Old West. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's… more

LARAMIE WEEKLY SENTINEL, Wyoming (Territory), 1887  Certainly a very rare title from the true "Old West", and one of the more romanticized towns from the cowboy and gunslinger era. This issue was… more

THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891  A fascinating newspaper from this much romanticized Old West town. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's mule. This issue was printed… more

THE DUBUQUE HERALD, Iowa, Jan. 5, 1879 to Jan. 28, 1879

* Uncommon Midwestern publication
* Lot of 17 consecutive issues sill bound
* Missing dates Jan. 10 & Jan. 11
* From Dec. 21, 1878 to Jan. 4,… more

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Nov. 11, 1879  

* Rare & early from Southern California

The front page has two reports which are interesting to read some 140 years later: "The Future of Southern… more

TRANS-CONTINENTAL -- a complete reprint collection of all 12 issues of this fascinating newspaper.
The newspaper titled "Trans-Continental" was a stroke of historical genius in the mind of its… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 9, 1889  The entire front page is a fine, full figure print of: "William Ewing, Capt. of the N.Y. Baseball Club" which includes his cather's gear.
Four prints of:… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 28, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue.The front page of this issue has a photo of "The Chief Umpire of the Great War Game."

This issue has an article… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 3, 1893 Fullpg: 'Sketches In Tangier' fullpg: 'Completion of the Great Northern Railroad--Celebration of the Event in St. Paul, Minn.' shows 10 scenes. Doublepage… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 20, 1894  Front full pg. illus. of "Clang! - Out of the Way of the Cable Car."
Inside has two 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Recent Fire at the World's Fair." 1/2 pg.… more