Ten Mile Day: And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 03/15/1996
ISBN: 9780805047035
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 10.14h x 3.73w x 0.13d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 9521 / Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5