Salt Lake from Monument Point. 669 miles from Sacramento

Poetry and prose. Scene at Monument Point, north end of Salt Lake

The last rail - the invocation. Fixing the wire, May 10th, 1869

Deep cut at Trail Ridge. Length 1,000 feet

Building water tank. Trout Creek mountains in distance

Cape Horn and railroad. View from near Colfax

Entering the Palisades. Ten Mile Canyon

Winnemucca town and peak. 334 miles from Sacramento

Advance of civilization. End of track, near Iron Point

Advance of civilization. Scene on the Humboldt Desert

Powder Bluff. West end of 10 Mile Canyon

Commencement of a snow storm. Scene east of second crossing of Humboldt

Construction train on desert. Near Humboldt Lake

Long Ravine Bridge from the top of Cape Horn

Lower crossing Humboldt River, 254 miles from Sacramento

Scene on the bank of Truckee River, lower canyon of Truckee

Truckee River and R.R. at Lime Point. Sierra Nevada Mountains 35 miles distant

Pleasant Valley, looking west. Lower canyon of Truckee River

Canyon of American River from near Colfax. Cape Horn and railroad on the left

Pleasant Valley, looking east. Lower Canyon of Truckee River

Red Bluffs, looking from the west. Lower canyon of Truckee River