Copy of the photograph "Granite Canon, from the Water Tank" by Andrew J. Russell, 1867.
On Dec. 2, 1863, construction began on the railroad in Omaha, Nebraska Territory, but only made 40 miles by the end of 1865. The following year the line made it 260 miles, stopping at North Platte, Nebraska Territory, for the winter. In 1867 the road made it another 240 miles before stopping at Granite Canyon on the slopes of the Laramie Range west of Cheyenne.
Resource Identifier
ah001494
Citation
Photo File: Railroad-Company-Union Pacific-Construction, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. See also https://dpul.princeton.edu/wa/catalog/1j92gc41s
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