| Part I 1845--57: A Procession of Dreamers |
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``For All the Human Family'' |
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3 | (13) |
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``Who Can Oppose Such a Work?'' |
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16 | (10) |
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``I Must Walk Toward Oregon'' |
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26 | (11) |
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``The Great Object for Which We Were Created'' |
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37 | (10) |
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``An Uninhabited and Dreary Waste'' |
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47 | (10) |
| Part II 1860--61: Union, Disunion, Incorporation |
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``Raise the Money and I will Build Your Road'' |
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57 | (10) |
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``There Comes Crazy Judah'' |
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67 | (11) |
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``The Marks Left by the Donner Party'' |
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78 | (7) |
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``The Most Difficult Country Ever Conceived'' |
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85 | (19) |
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``We Have Drawn the Elephant'' |
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104 | (18) |
| Part III 1863: Last of the Dreamers |
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``Speculation Is as Fatal to It as Secession'' |
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122 | (9) |
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``I Have Had a Big Row and Fight'' |
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131 | (20) |
| Part IV 1864: Struggle for Momentum |
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``First Dictator of the Railroad World'' |
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151 | (14) |
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``Dancing with a Whirlwind'' |
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165 | (16) |
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``Trustees of the Bounty of Congress'' |
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181 | (24) |
| Part V 1865: The Losses Mount |
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``The Great Cloud Darkening the Land'' |
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205 | (14) |
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``If We Can Save Our Scalps'' |
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219 | (15) |
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``I Hardly Expect to Live to See It Completed'' |
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234 | (18) |
| Part VI 1866: Eyeing the Main Chance |
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``Vexation, Trouble, and Continual Hindrance'' |
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252 | (9) |
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``The Napoleon of Railways'' |
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261 | (20) |
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``We Swarmed the Mountains with Men'' |
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281 | (20) |
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``Until They Are Severely Punished'' |
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301 | (14) |
| Part VII 1867: Hell on Wheels |
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315 | (15) |
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``Our Future Power and Influence'' |
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330 | (30) |
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``They All Died in Their Boots'' |
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360 | (31) |
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``There Are Only Five of Us'' |
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391 | (44) |
| Part VIII 1868: Going for Broke |
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``More Hungry Men in Congress'' |
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435 | (34) |
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``Bring On Your Eight Thousand Men'' |
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469 | (37) |
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``We Are in a Terrible Sweat'' |
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506 | (44) |
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``A Man for Breakfast Every Morning'' |
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550 | (44) |
| Part IX 1869: Battleground and Meeting Ground |
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594 | (51) |
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``We Have Got Done Praying'' |
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645 | (30) |
| Part X 1872-73: Scandals, Scapegoats, and Dodgers |
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| Epilogue: ``Trial of the Innocents'' |
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675 | (38) |
| Notes |
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713 | (46) |
| Bibliography |
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759 | (20) |
| Index |
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