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	History of California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		California and the territories that later became the states of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico were surrendered by Mexico under the Mexican Cession of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
		California's role in the American Civil War is one of the least researched areas of American and Californian history, but it nonetheless played a distant role which is important for the many ways in which it was a microcosm of the whole United States, both North and South.
		California also was the destination for a minority of powerful Northeastern capitalists who played a significant role in Californian politics through their control of mines, shipping, and finance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_California (4859 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		CALIFORNIA, one of the Pacific Coast states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Oregon, on the E by Nevada and Arizona, on the S by the Mexican state of Baja California, and on the W by the Pacific Ocean.
		California's diverse landscape and large urban centers furnish opportunities for almost every type of indoor and outdoor sport, and more than one-fourth of the total land area is in the national and state park systems.
		California is one of the largest producers of sawtimber in the U.S. The annual timber harvest in the early 2000s was estimated at 3.8 million cu m (1.6 billion bd ft), valued at more than $570 million.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/california.html (6138 words)

	California AHGP - New California - Chapter XI
		Antagonism to the railroad was but part of the history of all progress--the history of the printing press, the cotton-gin, the power loom, of agricultural machinery in England, of the conservative in the face of reform, of the old striving to strangle the new.
		The railroad was not the friend of "honest labor;" it had introduced for its own enrichment "Chinese cheap labor," and long after the completion of the road this flame of anarchy was blown about the sand lots of San Francisco by every windy orator who could gain a hearing from the idle or the vicious.
		California had furnished a polished laurel tie, having in its center a silver plate, bearing the names of the officers of both companies, and that memorable spike of gold; Nevada was there with a spike of silver, and utah with a spike of gold, silver, and iron.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/state1/newca/newca11.html (9322 words)

	List of California railroads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad to SP in 1888
		Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad to SP in 1899
		Bakersfield and Ventura Railroad to VCY in 1911
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_California_railroads (865 words)

	Railroad Crossing
		Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial America from the middle of the nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth.
		Deverell's lively study is peopled by a rich and disparate cast: railroad barons, newspaper editors, novelists, union activists, feminists, farmers, and the railroad workers themselves.
		William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/6196.html (497 words)

	David L. Phillips: What California Railroads Have Done
		California was, agriculturally, and in all else except the mines, as poor as poverty.
		The railroad company has opened other lines, equal to 600 miles more, and have, in doing so, added tens of millions to the permanent wealth of the State, and infinitely to the comfort of the people.
		But when the Central Pacific Railroad Company charges four or five cents a mile on their cars, there is a general outery among demagogues, politicians and rapacious members of the General Assembly.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/riseind/railroad/phillips.html (916 words)

	The Birth of California's Narrow Gauge Railroads
		In California narrow gauge was used by those in opposition to the Southern Pacific, locally known as the "Octopus".
		California's first operating narrow gauge, the Monterey and Salinas Valley, was built with money from farmers in the Salinas area (they sold stock at Grange meetings).
		The railroad was intended to carry wheat from Salinas, to Monterey where it could be put on ships for shipment to Europe.
	pw1.netcom.com /~hees/NRRWGauge/main.html (415 words)

	The Future of California Railroads
		Though it is true that the people of this coast have done much for the railroad men, it is equally true that the railroad men have done a very great deal for the coast.
		The withdrawal of the stout hearts, willing hands and fertile brains that are building and operating the railroads of California would be a public calamity.
		It means an impetus to the growth of California in population and wealth, such as has not been seen since the discovery of gold.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist11/calrailroads.html (965 words)

	Kern MEAR Metadata Catalog - State of California Railroads
		Railroad Spur A railroad in this category is the track that leaves the main track, ending in an industrial park, factory, or warehouse area, or forming a siding along the main track.
		Railroad Yard A railroad yard track has parallel tracks that form a working area for the railroad company.
		Railroad with Special Characteristics A railroad or portions of a rail- road track that are parts of the railroad system and have separately identifiable characteristics.
	ceres.ca.gov /calsip/catalog/BrowseRecord.epl?id=21334 (614 words)

	Lucinda's California History Resources
		The California Heritage Project is a digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library.
		The California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, maintains a site about California Geology which includes sections on the Gold Rush, the Saber Toothed Cat (our official fossil), Islands, and Mountains.
		The California Mission History website has a basic and more extensive essay on each mission with photographs, drawings, and pop-up definitions of words your students might not know.
	www.lucinda.net /html/4th.html (554 words)

	LookSmart - General American West Railroad History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Search or browse this impressive collection of maps that document the development of the railroad industry in America.
		Resource details the role railroads played in developing Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks as tourist destinations.
		Guide provides a brief overview of the role railroads played in Western expansion and provides links to important people and companies.
	www.looksmart.com /eus1/eus317836/eus317911/eus53828/eus71848/eus286171/eus540914/eus541086/eus549689/r?l& (281 words)

	California Countryside™ \| Features \| Choo Choo Trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Trains keep a rollin' through the scenic California countryside, and much of the state's history was written on the rail.
		Railroads forged the original paths of commerce and gateways to leisure in the Golden State, transporting city slickers and other well-heeled travelers for relaxing getaways to charming rural (and once-rural) towns like Sonoma, Shasta, San Jose, San Diego and dozens more.
		Today in California, you can ride the rails all over the state, visit museums dedicated to railroad history and lore, dine aboard luxurious dinner trains, even drive your own locomotive!
	www.findyourselfincalifornia.com /choochoo (142 words)

	Railroads in California sheet music (Duggan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Railroads played their role in mining the gold of early California, but with the coming in 1869 of the transcontinental railroad the lives of westerners were transformed by the quick link to the east ("across the continent in 85 hours").
		Cover lithography by Britton & Rey of the Pacific Union Express Co. in a steep canyon in the Sierras.
		Anti-Railroad A less enthusiastic song is the anonymous "Anti-Monopoly War Song" for the Anti-Monopoly Party of California in 1882, dedicated to R. Harrison.
	www.sims.berkeley.edu /~mkduggan/railroad.html (146 words)

	RootsWeb: NORCAL-L Re: early california railroads
		> was a right of way for a railroad and ten acres set aside for a town.
		Re: early california railroads by Yvonne < >
		Re: Fwd: early california railroads by Yvonne < >
	archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/NORCAL/1997-05/0864189742 (268 words)

	U.S. Rail News: California legislation says railroads must notify agencies of runaways.(Slants & Trends)(Brief ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		California legislation says railroads must notify agencies of runaways.(Slants and Trends)(Brief Article)
		California's General Assembly has approved legislation requiring railroads to quickly alert emergency agencies about runaway trains.
		The new legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats would require railroads in California to develop plans to quickly alert the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the highway patrol and local public safety agencies when there is a...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:115398504&refid=ink_tptd_np (220 words)

	Union Pacific Railroad Company -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The original rail line was built westward 1,006 miles (1,619 km) from Omaha, Nebraska, to meet the Central Pacific, which was being built eastward from Sacramento, California.
		It was the first railroad to serve Kansas City, Missouri, reached in 1865, after construction was interrupted by the American Civil War.
		American railroad company founded in 1861 by a group of California merchants known later as the Big Four”; (Collis P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker); they are best remembered for having built part of the first American transcontinental rail line.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9074271 (985 words)

	Railroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Fickewirth, Alvin A. "California Railroads: An encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching, and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992)." San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1992.
		Robinson, W. "Land in California; the story of mission lands, ranchos, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land scrip homesteads." Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1948.
		Sievers, Wald, Parmelee, Robert D. "Railroads of the Valley of the Moon: Sonoma Valley Prismodial Railway, Sonoma Valley Railroad, Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad." San Mateo, CA: Western Railroader, 1959-63.
	www.cmug.com /~minesroad/ref.Railroads.html (5880 words)

	CHINESE-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
		With the California Gold Rush and the opening of the West came an increased interest in building a transcontinental railroad.
		Chinese labor was suggested, as they had already helped build the California Central Railroad, the railroad from Sacramento to Marysville and the San Jose Railway.
		It begins in California, as is logical, where the movement to put an end to Chinese immigration began in the 1850's.
	cprr.org /Museum/Chinese.html (8382 words)

	California, the Railroads, and the Gadsden Purchase
		The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), which concluded the Mexican War, was vague when describing the border between Mexico and the United States in the area west of the Rio Grande.
		The eastern terminus of such a railroad was a matter of great debate and largely colored by sectional interests.
		Memorabilia related to California, the Railroads, and the Gadsden Purchase is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h82.html (424 words)

	The Cable Car Home Page - Bibliography
		Details the controversy in New Orleans over the exchange of California Street cable number 59 for New Orleans RTA 952.
		Unpublished notes about a long career in engineering and construction for the United Railroads of San Francisco and its successor, the second Market Street Railway.
		California Street "hit something that was in one of the tracks" and came to a sudden stop.
	www.cable-car-guy.com /html/ccbib.html (3425 words)

	Find in a Library: California railroads : an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial ...
		Find in a Library: California railroads : an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching, and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992)
		California railroads : an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching, and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992)
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/e098faa6c2f2ed1aa19afeb4da09e526.html (100 words)

	Amazon.com: Railroads of California: Seeing the State by Rail (California Traveler): Books: P. R. Griswold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Amazon.com: Railroads of California: Seeing the State by Rail (California Traveler): Books: P. Griswold
		I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.
		Railroads of California: Seeing the State by Rail (California Traveler) (Paperback)
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/155838121X?v=glance (308 words)

	Theodore Judah railroads in California and the Pacific Railroad
		Theodore Judah railroads in California and the Pacific Railroad
		udah returned to California where he did some more minor surveying jobs, notably for the Central California and the Sacramento, Placer and Nevada railroads.
		Meanwhile, interest for railroads in general and the Pacific Railroad in particular increased nationwide.
	www.raken.com /american_wealth/railroad_barons/central_pacific2.asp (139 words)

	Webchat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Today we will be exploring how and where the Central Pacific Railroad was built, who managed the project, and whose labor brought it to become one of the most amazing engineering feats in the history of the United States.
		No, there were no miilonares before they started the railroads, but there were millinares after the railraods.
		Yes, the public railroad was passed on the first of July in 1869.
	www.rain.org /chats/campinternet20000215.html (2477 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Bill requiring quick word of runaway trains goes to governor
		SACRAMENTO – Legislation requiring railroads to quickly alert emergency agencies when they have runaway trains was sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday.
		Firebaugh's bill would require California railroads to develop plans to quickly alert the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the highway patrol and local public safety agencies when there is a runaway train.
		None of the communities potentially affected by last June's incident were notified of the runaway cars, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20040224-1738-ca-xgr-runawaytrains.html (220 words)

	Floridian: Strangers in a native land
		"I worked in California - the railroads," Harry said.
		We didn't expect to hear any more about the railroad after that.
		I was a trespasser in a nation separate yet forever unequal from my own.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/05/16/Floridian/Strangers_in_a_native.shtml (1020 words)

	SMVRHM - Central California Narrow Gauge Railroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A Summary of Central California Narrow Gauge Railroads
		With "Central California" being defined as the area from Santa Barbara County through the San Francisco area, George W. Hilton's America's Narrow Gauge Railroads (1990) identifies these Central California narrow gauge railroads.
		Distributed sugar silage from the Union Sugar mill at Betteravia to the nextdoor feedlot cattle.
	www.smvrhm.org /narrow.html (229 words)

	California - Links - DS&W Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Inyo & White Mountain RR Standard and narrow gauge based on Californian railroads.
		The homepage of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.
		The Red Stag Lumber Company is an exhibition layout by Geoff Nott, Michael Flack, Ray Walters & Steve Petit.
	narrowgauge.railfan.net /callinks.html (124 words)

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