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- Arizona historic preservation plan
- Arizona State Historic Preservation Office
- Historic preservation--Arizona--Planning; Historic sites--Arizona--Conservation and restoration
- 60 pages (PDF version). File size 2,638 KB
- Aerial McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
- Unknown
- Scottsdale (Ariz.) - History; Scottsdale Historical Society - History; McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park - Scottsdale (Ariz); Parks - Scottsdale (Ariz.);
- In this May 1981 aerial view of the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (then called the McCormick Railroad Park), the 'figure-8' of the Paradise & Pacific Railroad can be seen in the grassy areas of the photo. On the right side of the photograph...
- Railroad Yards
- Unknown
- Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
- "Railroad yards at Cleveland, Ohio"
- Railroad Car
- Unknown
- Railroads -- History -- 19th century.
- A desert scene with Ford car and railroad car. Shows Ford car with flanged wheels used […] holding 15 passengers. Method of transportation through the sands of the desert.
- Railroad Tracks
- Unknown
- Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
- Railroad tracks around mining plant
- Prescott & Eastern Railroad, Huron to Poland
- Drake, W.A.
- Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County; Prescott and Eastern Railroad (Ariz.) -- History.
- Prescott & Eastern Railroad Located Line, Big Bug Branch, from Huron to Poland-Hamilton Mine, 1902, also called the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad
- Prescott & Eastern Railroad, Mayer to Crowned King
- Unknown
- Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Yavapai County; Prescott and Eastern Railroad (Ariz.) -- History.
- Prescott & Eastern Railroad Located Line, Mayer to Crowned King, Arizona, 1900, 1 map, also called the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad
- Railroad Yard
- Unknown
- Railroads -- History -- 19th century.
- "The Clearing East classification yard, near Chicago. 5 miles long - 180 miles of track. 799 switches can handle 10,000 cars a day. Two trains ready to be broken up. Note hump, switch house to trains being made up. Switches controlled by...
- Wheeler Family History, Part 1
- Terry Wheeler
- Oral histories; Arizona History; Arizona History 19th century; Arizona History 20th Century; Gila County (Ariz.); Biography; Cattle--West (U.S.)--History; Ranching History of Gila County; Ranch managers--Arizona; U.S. Forest Service; Southern...
- Terry Wheeler talks about the history of his great gandparents, Irish emigrants, who came to Arizona working on the railroad in the late 1800s. Terry's mother told him stories about Pancho Villa and of seeing Geronimo, captured and waiting for...
- November 25
- Unknown
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--History
- On this date in 1926, Southern Pacific trains from Tucson through Yaqui country in Mexico began operating on daylight schedules only and with Mexican military guards to protect them against attack. This 1916 photograph shows Southern Pacific...
- We want that Railroad!
- Teaching; Railroads -- History; Railroads -- West -- History.
- 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies
- Students will identify the role of the railroad in bringing people to Arizona. Students will identify the reasons for expanding the railroad and creating a transcontinental route. Students will be able to explain how the federal government made...
- Southern Pacific Railroad engine and crew, circa 1910
- Unknown
- Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs; Tucson (Ariz.)--History; Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- Photograph of Southern Pacific Railroad crew with engine, Tucson, Arizona, circa 1910. Leonardo Romero Jr. is shown on the far right of the photo.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Band, circa 1910
- Unknown
- Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs; Tucson (Ariz.)--History; Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- The Southern Pacific Railroad band is shown circa 1910. The Romero brothers, Leonardo Jr. and Ysidro, both were members of the band and longtime employees of Southern Pacific Railroad in Tucson.
- Southern Pacific Railroad crew, circa 1910
- Unknown
- Tucson (Ariz.)--Social life and customs; Tucson (Ariz.)--History; Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- Southern Pacific Railroad crew, circa 1910. The Romero brothers both worked for the company for many years and are shown seated in the first row of the photo. Leonardo Romero Jr. is seated first on the left, while Ysidoro Romero is third from left.
- Railroad workers
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- Williams--history; Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company--history
- Unknown railway workers. The majority of the early rail road employees lived either in Williams or in company housing or crew quarters that were located at sidings, such as Welch and Supai sidings, about every 10 to 20 miles along the rail line. ...
- Railroad warehouse building
- Unknown
- Williams--history; Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company--history
- One of the last remaining warehouses along the rail line. These were used to store supplies and merchandize for local businesses like the Babbitt Polson General Store. This building was moved to its current location near the Williams-Grand Canyon...
- January 12
- Unknown
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Railroads--West (U.S.)--History
- The Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were completed on this date in 1883 so that Tucson could be reached from the east coast by way of San Antonio. This photo shows the railroad track crew celebrating as the Sunset route is completed just west of...
- Eckert Railroad Exchange
- Arizona Photograph Company
- Central business districts -- Arizona -- Prescott -- History.
- Eckert Railroad Exchange and boarding house.
- Atlanta Campaign
- Unknown
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Union soldiers destroying railroad tracks during the Atlanta Campaign
- Railroad
- Unknown
- Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History.
- "The Lucin cutoff across the Great Salt Lake"