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* This was the first public use of the name Central Pacific.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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* This was the first public use of the name Central Pacific.
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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Upon the same terms the Central Pacific, a company incorporated under the laws of California, was authorized to construct a line from the Pacific coast, at or near San Francisco, to meet the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states John Moody 1913
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“They may hurry up,” the reporter wrote, “or they may decide to turn to the abandoned grade of the Central Pacific, which is within a few feet of where they are working.”
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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“They may hurry up,” the reporter wrote, “or they may decide to turn to the abandoned grade of the Central Pacific, which is within a few feet of where they are working.”
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, in the Utah Territory, a golden spike was driven to celebrate the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
Uncle Sam in the driver's seat George F. Will 2011
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The Central Pacific thrust began with landings on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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In the Central Pacific, American naval and marine forces would head across the Pacific to the Japanese home islands, possibly also participating in a return to the Philippines and to Formosa Taiwan on the way.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The Central Pacific thrust began with landings on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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In the Central Pacific, American naval and marine forces would head across the Pacific to the Japanese home islands, possibly also participating in a return to the Philippines and to Formosa Taiwan on the way.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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