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Golden Spike, The by David E Miller Hard Cover
Golden Spike, The by David E Miller
Hard Cover Nameplate inside front cover
165 pages
Copyright 1973
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITSviii
DAVID E. MILLER FOREWORDix
WALLACE D. FARNHAM SHADOWS FROM THE GILDED AGE: PACIFIC RAILWAYMEN AND THE RACE TO PROMONTORY - OR OGDEN?-1
THOMAS M. GOODFELLOW EMPIRES OF THE FUTURE ... EMPIRES OF THE MIND 23
L. E. HOYT FROM THE GOLDEN SPIKE TO THE SPACE AGE IN RAILROADING29
JOHN C. KENEFICK RAILROADING INTO ANOTHER CENTURY OF PROGRESS37
GEORGE KRAUS CENTRAL PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION VIGNETTES45
LAWRENCE G. LASHBROOK THE UTAH NORTHERN RAILROAD, 1871-187863
J. R. MACANALLY THE SECOND CENTURY FOR A CHANGING RAILROAD79
DAVID F. MYRICK REFINANCING AND REBUILDING THE CENTRAL PACIFIC: 1899-191085
GERALD D. NASH GOVERNMENT AND RAILROADS : A CASE STUDY IN COOPERATIVE CAPITALISM119
REED C. RICHARDSON TRAINS, WORKERS, AND UNIONS: THE BEGINNINGS131
APPENDIX: PROGRAM OF THE GOLDEN SPIKE SYMPOSIUM, MAY SIXTH AND SEVENTH, 1969155
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
1. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society
2. Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
3. Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
4. Photograph by David E. Miller
5. Gift of Roy Appleton, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
6. Photograph by David E. Miller
7. Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
8. Gift of Charles Kelly, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
9. Gift of Bernice Gibbs Anderson, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
10. Photograph by Alfred A. Hart (May 9, 1869), gift of M. J. Burson, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
11. Gift of M. J. Burson, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
12. Photograph by Andrew J. Russell, gift of Thiokol Chemical Corporation, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
13. Copy of Alfred A. Hart's Stereopticon View No. 357, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
14. From A. J. Russell's glass negative, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
15. From A. J. Russell's glass negative, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
16. Gift of Utah Travel Council, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
17. Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
18. Photograph by William H. Jackson, gift of Florette Zuelke, New York City, from the Collection of the National Archives, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
19. Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
20. Gift of Union Pacific Railroad, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
21. Handbill courtesy David E. Miller
22. Photograph by David E. Miller
23. Photograph by David E. Miller
24. Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
25. Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
26. Photograph by David E. Miller
IN THE SYMPOSIUM APPENDIX:
27. Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
28. Photograph by The Salt Lake Tribune
29. Courtesy David E. Miller
Frontispiece: Photograph by Harry Harpster, courtesy Utah State Historical Society
FOREWORD
David E. MillerDr. Miller is Professor of History and Former Director
of the Western History Center, University of Utah
In 1967 officers of the University of Utah's Western History Center began preliminary plans for a symposium in commemoration of the rapidly approaching one hundredth anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Soon after the Utah Golden Spike Centennial Commission was created by legislative action and the National Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission was created by act of Congress, we laid our suggestion before those commissions. Our proposal was enthusiastically adopted and the Golden Spike Symposium subsequently became the first major activity of the centennial anniversary week (May 5-10, 1969), which culminated in the dedication of the Golden Spike National Historic Site and the reenactment of the events associated with the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, a century ago.
Although the Western History Center was the primary sponsor of the Symposium, as its director I sought and gained support from other institutions of higher education. Thus, the following became cosponsors: Brigham Young University, Southern Utah State College, Utah State University, Weber State College, Westminster College, and the Utah State Historical Society. Dr. T. A. Larson, Chairman of the Department of History of the University of Wyoming, made a major contribution in organizing and chairing one of the sessions and in obtaining three most distinguished participants.
The Salt Lake Rotary Club (B. Lue Bettilyon, President) and the Sons of Utah Pioneers Luncheon Club of Salt Lake City (Hoyt W. Brewster, President) cosponsored the two luncheons, and the Bonneville Kiwanis Club, under the leadership of George L. Hackett, cosponsored the official Symposium banquet. Leading scholars from various universities eagerly accepted invitations to participate, while the railroad companies gave enthusiastic support and sent numerous outstanding representatives.
We regret that one of the papers presented was not available for publication in this volume because of prior publication commitments. This was the excellent essay of Dr. Robert G. Athearn, University of Colorado: "Impact of the Railroad on the Military-Indian Frontier."
As part of the Golden Spike centennial commemoration, the Weber State College History Department conducted a railroad essay contest with the promise that the winning paper would be published with the Symposium papers. Lawrence G. Lashbrook won this contest with his "Utah Northern Railroad."
The essays are presented alphabetically rather than in the order in which they were read at the Symposium. We are unable to include for publication the timely and penetrating extemporaneous remarks of the commentators: Dr. Leonard J. Arrington (Utah State University), Dr. Thomas G. Alexander (Brigham Young University), and Dr. Don E. Fehrenbacher (Stanford University).
Since 1969 several of the Symposium participants have been promoted or transferred to other positions or institutions and have gained different titles and/or ranks. In preparing the essays for publication we have decided to list the authors with the ranks and titles they held at the time the papers were read.
Officers of the Western History Center express sincere appreciation for the support of all cosponsoring institutions, the Rotary Club, Sons of Utah Pioneers Luncheon Club, Bonneville Kiwanis Club, and Conferences and Institutes (University of Utah), as well as all the participants for helping to make the Symposium the great success it was and for making this volume possible. A special note of thanks goes to Nathan H. Mazer, Field Director for the Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission, for his constant encouragement and support.
Officers of the Western History Center and the University of Utah Press had planned to publish these papers before the end of the 1969 centennial year; however, unforeseen problems necessitated a postponement until the present time. Yet the passage of time has not diminished the importance of the reports; they are as relevant now as they were then. Those dealing with various aspects of past railroad history represent some of the best scholarship in the country; the others have a great deal to say about the future of railroading in America - many of the projected "future" developments are already taking shape.
It is hoped that the readers of this volume will find the essays stimulating and very much worthwhile.
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