A Timeline History of the Transcontinental Railroad

by Alison Behnke

In the early nineteenth century, much of the land west of the Mississippi River was not yet part of the United States. Many people dreamed of settling this huge area, but the journey to get there was long and dangerous.

By the mid-1860s, a bold plan had taken shape: the country had decided to build a single railroad stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Spanning North America, it would be the first railway to cross...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467785814
• ISBN13: 9781467785815
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7