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| 1845-57: A Procession of Dreamers | |
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| "For All the Human Family" | |
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| "Who Can Oppose Such a Work?" | |
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| "I Must Walk Toward Oregon" | |
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| "The Great Object for Which We Were Created" | |
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| "An Uninhabited and Dreary Waste" | |
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| 1860-61: Union, Disunion, Incorporation | |
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| "Raise the Money and I Will Build Your Road" | |
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| "There Comes Crazy Judah" | |
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| "The Marks Left by the Donner Party" | |
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| "The Most Difficult Country Ever Conceived" | |
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| "We Have Drawn the Elephant" | |
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| 1863: Last of the Dreamers | |
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| "Speculation Is as Fatal to It as Secession" | |
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| "I Have Had a Big Row and Fight" | |
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| 1864:Struggle for Momentum | |
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| "First Dictator of the Railroad World" | |
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| "Dancing with a Whirlwind" | |
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| "Trustees of the Bounty of Congress" | |
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| 1865: The Losses Mount | |
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| "The Great Cloud Darkening the Land" | |
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| "If We Can Save Our Scalps" | |
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| "I Hardly Expect to Live to See It Completed" | |
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| 1866: Eyeing the Main Chance | |
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| "Vexation, Trouble, and Continual Hindrance" | |
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| "The Napoleon of Railways" | |
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| "We Swarmed the Mountains with Men" | |
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| "Until They Are Severely Punished" | |
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| 1867: Hell on Wheels | |
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| "Nitroglycerine Tells" | |
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| "Our Future Power and Influence" | |
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| "They All Died in Their Boots" | |
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| "There Are Only Five of Us" | |
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| 1868: Going for Broke | |
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| "More Hungry Men in Congress" | |
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| "Bring On Your Eight Thousand Men" | |
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| "We Are in a Terrible Sweat" | |
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| "A Man for Breakfast Every Morning" | |
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| 1869: Battleground and Meeting Ground | |
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| "A Resistless Power" | |
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| "We Have Got Done Praying" | |
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| 1872-73: Scandals, Scapegoats, and Dodgers | |
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| Epilogue: "Trial of the Innocents" | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |