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On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
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Ten Mile Day, Mary Ann Fraser
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Ten Mile Day
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Ann Fraser
- Publisher
- Owlet
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Saddle stitch
- Pages
- 40
- ISBN10
- 0805047034
- ISBN13
- 9780805047035
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Technology & Engineering, Cars & Transportation, School, American History, Railways / Trains
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
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- On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.