Death Valley Railroad Company
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Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Robert P. Palazzo |
Publisher | : Imaginary Lines, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738574790 |
Railroads have played an important part in the history of Death Valley. The Pacific Coast Borax Company first used the Death Valley Railroad to transport its ore to market and then to transport Death Valley tourists to its Furnace Creek Resort. "Death Valley Scotty's" leap to national fame came as a direct result of his chartering a private train to break the Los Angeles to Chicago speed record. The Carson & Colorado Railroad on the west and the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad on the east provided support to Death Valley's mining activity, its associated boomtowns, and early tourism.
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Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Hugh C. Tolford |
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Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) |
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Author | : Michael Brown |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2015-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1329535189 |
A comprehensive history of the Death Valley Region. Beginning with the native people who inhabited the area and the eventual discovery of the area by Europeans. The book details the history of the area from its initial development of mining and transportation to its eventual development into tourism and becoming a National Park. The book includes many maps and vintage photographs of the region.
Author | : Robert P. Palazzo |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738558240 |
Death Valley, its harsh and rugged landscape established a national monument in 1933 and named a national park in 1994, has long held a fascination for visitors, even before it became tourist friendly. Shortly after the first visit of nonnative inhabitants, a party of forty-niners looking for a shortcut to the goldfields of California crossed this land with tragic results, inadvertently giving the valley its moniker. Despite the immense suffering in their midst, prospectors began exploring the area looking for mineral wealth. Boomtowns formed, prospered, and died all within a few years, most disappearing completely into the desert. Adding to Death Valley's mystique was the shameless self-promotion of Death Valley Scotty, which lasted for a period spanning more than 50 years.
Author | : Union Pacific Railroad Company |
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Total Pages | : 23 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) |
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Author | : Railroad Commission of the State of California |
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Total Pages | : 1116 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Public utilities |
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Author | : Railroad Commission of the State of California |
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Total Pages | : 1116 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California |
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Total Pages | : 1120 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Public utilities |
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