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Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad
Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad
Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad
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Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

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Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.
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Release dateMar 23, 2016
ISBN9781555919528
Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad

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    Well written and engaging account of what was happening along the path of the transcontinental railway as it was built particularly from Council Bluffs through Colorado and Utah. As the construction progressed, little lawless towns followed, but they were portable, with some surviving and some vanishing never to be heard from again as construction moved on. Vividly described, one can imagine being in those towns, acquiring land nearby with questionable title and enduring attacks from native tribes who viewed the railroad as stealing their ancestral lands. The government, where it existed supported the building of the rails, through the granting of fight of ways, first twenty then forty miles wide. The right of way morphed into land claims ultimately backed by soldiers and the rest is as they say history! This is a well-researched readable book that is/was well worth the time. Just excellent!

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