Creator
G. P. Buell
Title
Report Made to the President and Executive Board of the Texas Pacific Railroad
Coverage
New York
Publisher
D. Van Nostrand
Date
1871
Description
This innocuous looking report is evidence of the post-war railroad boom in America. The Texas Pacific was to follow the Southern Survey from the Gulf Coast of Texas to the Pacific Ocean. It would be free of snow and open to traffic all year. Tom Scott, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, concurrently serving as President of the T&P, was hoping to build a national railroad empire with this line.