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Indians disrupting work on the transcontinental railroad...
Indians disrupting work on the transcontinental railroad...
Item # 669956
June 20, 1867
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, including: "...work would have to be abandoned on the Union Pacific Railroad unless more protection was furnished against Indians...the track continues to be laid at the rate of two miles a day. The Indians have caused some annoyance to surveying parties & tree cutters..." and more.
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War