The Story of the Western Railroads From 1852 Through the Reign of the Giants

By Robert Edgar Riegel

On December 23, 1852, the first train on the first railroad west of the Mississippi River steamed proudly from St. Louis to Cheltenham--the immense distance of five miles. In that moment of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844628050
• ISBN13: 9780844628059
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher, Incorporated, 1974
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.