Illustrations

General "Jack" Casement.

Grenville M. Dodge in dress uniform as a Major General.

Timetable for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, 1864.

Timetable for the Union Pacific Railroad, 1866.

The Union Pacific's Locomotive Number 1, "The General Sherman."

Grand Excursion to the Hundredth Meridian: the Denver and the Colorado at Omaha wharf.

Casement train on a siding in Wyoming, 1867‑1868.

Bear River City, Wyoming Territory.

General U. S. Grant and his party at Fort Saunders, Wyoming, on his inspection tour, 1868.

Devil's Gate Bridge, the Utah crossing of the Weber River.

Sightseeing party in Weber Canyon, Utah, 1869.

Theodore Judah and the L. L. Robinson, the first steam locomotive on the Pacific Coast.

Central Pacific Railroad snow plow at Cisco in 1867.

Snowshed under construction near Summit in the Sierras on the Central Pacific line in 1868.

Chinese coolies filling in the high Secrettown trestle, 1877.

Chinese coolies, suspended in wicker baskets, working the face of a cliff.

Central Pacific's Camp Victory, April 28, 1869.

Promontory Point, Utah, a few minutes before the beginning of the Golden Spike ceremonies.

The Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Point, May 10, 1869.

Monument erected at the site of the Golden Spike.

Interior of Pullman's Palace Car, 1867‑1870.

Interior of a Union Pacific Railroad coach, 1870.