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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 | |