This is a very detailed description of the early days of the railroads in the western United States. The subtitle is “America’s Race to Bring the Railroads West”. Borneman discusses the numerous railroad companies, and the men who ran them. There were fortunes to be made, if you could get your line through to the Read More
Month: October 2024
Daughter of Boston, edited by Helen R Deese
This is the edited transcription of a diary written by Caroline Healy Dall in the 1800’s. The editor has also added introductions to each chapter, which each cover a year or two in the life of Caroline Dall. Deese has also added footnotes that identify most of the people Dall mentions in her diary. And Read More