Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 295

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(RAILROADS.) Semi-Weekly Telegraph. 25 x 17 3/4 inches, on one sheet; minor soiling. Ogden City, UT, 10 June 1869
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Just a month after the Golden Spike signified the completion of the transcontinental railroad, this local paper features two nice illustrated advertisements: "Union Pacific Railroad, Open from Omaha to Promontory Point . . . Connecting with the Central Pacific Railroad for Sacramento" and "Central Pacific Railroad--Commencing May 17 1869, express trains will run daily as follows." The front page reports on the resignation of Thomas Durant, the vice-president who promoted the project, from the Union Pacific.