Railroad – Commonplaces

The Aquia Creek Riot.

August 2, 2016 by sergneri 1 Comment

Sacramento Union, Aug 23, 1865 Negro Plot Suppressed. New York, August 5th, 1865 The Post’s Washington special says : The National Intelligencer has a statement that a plot was discov- ered among a large number of negro workmen at Aquia Creek to assassinate the white laborers on the railroad there. A company of soldiers arrested … [Read more…]

EASTWARD BY RAIL. Daily Alta California, Volume 21, Number 7013, 1 June 1869

December 27, 2014 by sergneri 1 Comment

EASTWARD BY RAIL. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE ALTA.] [NO. 1.] Travellers’ Tricks of Sleeping— Rations on the Road— Scenery Around Salt Lake— Fall- ing into the Hands of the Enemy— A Hail Storm in the Mountains— Crossing the “Bad Place”— Echo Canon— Trials and Tribulations— in Smooth Water Once More. Omaha, May 2d.1869. … [Read more…]