Historical Letter: Outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway, August 11, 1867

Transcontinental Railroad (Chinese Contributions)

Historical Letter: Outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway, August 11, 1867

8/11/1867

Historical Letter

Utah State University presents a handwritten 1867 letter from Denver & Rio Grande Railroad superintendent Robert M. Ridgway to his mother. Ridgway writes about his observations of railroad workers and the railroad construction in Big Bend of Truckee, Nevada. He describes the landscape while traveling between Sacramento, CA and Nevada mountain range. He also provides an account of the character and work of Native Americans, Chinese immigrants and White laborers associated with the project. The source provides the handwritten letter and the transcription.

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Utah State University Digital History Collections (Contributor: Utah State Historical Society)

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