Palmer, William Jackson 1836-1909
Overview
Works: | 183 works in 260 publications in 3 languages and 2,596 library holdings |
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Genres: | History Records and correspondence Sources Personal narratives Biography Maps Surveys |
Roles: | Author, Composer |
Classifications: | F786, 917.8 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
William Jackson Palmer
- Rival rails : the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad by Walter R Borneman( Book )
- A builder of the West; the life of General William Jackson Palmer by John Stirling FISHER( Book )
- General William J. Palmer; a decade of Colorado railroad building, 1870-1880 by George LaVerne Anderson( Book )
- William Jackson Palmer, pathfinder and builder by George Foster Peabody( Book )
- General Wm. Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909, and the D. & R.G.W. Railroad by Wilson McCarthy( Book )
- Fight for Royal Gorge by Ralph Edgar Bailey( Book )
- Letters, 1853-1868 by William Jackson Palmer( Book )
- Rival rails : the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad by Walter R Borneman( Recording )
- The man on the iron horse by Rhoda Davis Wilcox( Book )
- Sketches & poems by Walter Hinchman( Book )
- General William Palmer : railroad pioneer by Joyce B Lohse( Book )
- General William Jackson Palmer: man of vision by George LaVerne Anderson( Book )
- Legends, labors, and loves : William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909( )
- Tributes to the late General William J. Palmer from his fellow citizens in Colorado Springs by Mary Goodale Montgomery Slocum( Book )
- General William J. Palmer : founder of Colorado Springs, builder of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad by Jeanette Turpin( Book )
- Legends, labors & loves : William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909( Book )
- A kingdom of their own : the story of the Palmers of Glen Eyrie by Stephen J May( Book )
- Queen of Glen Eyrie : the story of Mary Lincoln Mellen Palmer, wife of General William Palmer by Celeste Black( Book )
- The life and times of General William Jackson Palmer : founder of Colorado Springs, Colorado( Visual )
- Address by Dr. William A. Bell at a dinner given to the employees of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at the Union Station, Denver, Colorado, January 28, 1920 by William Abraham Bell( Book )
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Most widely held works by
William Jackson Palmer
Report of surveys across the continent, in 1867-'68, on the thirty-fifth and thirty-second parallels, for a route extending
the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco and San Diego. by
William Jackson Palmer(
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16 editions published between 1869 and 1978 in English and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
16 editions published between 1869 and 1978 in English and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The war of the gauges(
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2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The westward current of population in the United States by
William Jackson Palmer(
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4 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New tracks in North America; a journal of travel and adventure whilst engaged in the survey for a southern railroad to the
Pacific Ocean during 1867-8 by
William Abraham Bell(
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4 editions published between 1869 and 1967 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1869 and 1967 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Map of the route of the Southern Continental R.R. with connections from Kansas City, Mo. to Ft. Smith, Ark. and Shrieveport,
La. : giving a general view of recent surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co. across the continent by
William Jackson Palmer(
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5 editions published between 1868 and 1950 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published between 1868 and 1950 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De la colonisation du Colorado et du Nouveau-Mexique by
William Jackson Palmer(
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4 editions published between 1874 and 1875 in French and English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1874 and 1875 in French and English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Map of the route of the Southern Continental R.R. with connections from Kansas City Mo., Ft. Smith Ark. and Shreveport La.,
giving a general view of the recent surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co., across the continent made in 1867 & 1868, under
the direction of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer, on the routes of the 32nd and 35th parallels together with compilations from Keeler's
official map showing the central and northern routes to the Pacific and the intermediate topography by
William Jackson Palmer(
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2 editions published in 1868 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Detailed map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forts, military and Indian reservations, wagon roads, trails, routes of exploration, and the railroad network indicating finished, unfinished, and connecting lines
2 editions published in 1868 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Detailed map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forts, military and Indian reservations, wagon roads, trails, routes of exploration, and the railroad network indicating finished, unfinished, and connecting lines
Report of experiments with coal-burning locomotives, made on the Pennsylvania Railroad, April-August, 1859. Is it practicable
to avoid smoke from locomotive engines using bituminous coal? Is the prevention of smoke in locomotives attended by economy
of fuel? What is the relative value of "Pittsburgh" and "broad top" coals for use in locomotives on this road? by
Pennsylvania Railroad(
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1 edition published in 1860 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1860 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Map of the route of the Southern Continental R.R. : with connections from Kansas City, Mo., Ft. Smith Ark. and Shreveport,
La. giving a general view of the recent surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co. across the continent, made in 1867 & 1868 by
William Jackson Palmer(
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2 editions published in 1869 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1869 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Examen comparativo de los proyectos de ferrocarril y telegrafo : desde la ciudad de Mexico al oceano Pacifico y al Rio Bravo
del Norte by Joaquín M Alcalde(
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1 edition published in 1880 in Spanish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Report submitted to the Secretaria de Fomento, Colonización, Industria y Comerico, signed in type by Joaquin M. Alcalde, Enrique Pazos, recommending the adoption of the project proposed by James Sullivan and W.J. Palmer in the name of the Compañia Construction Nacional Mexicana
1 edition published in 1880 in Spanish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Report submitted to the Secretaria de Fomento, Colonización, Industria y Comerico, signed in type by Joaquin M. Alcalde, Enrique Pazos, recommending the adoption of the project proposed by James Sullivan and W.J. Palmer in the name of the Compañia Construction Nacional Mexicana
The Mexico National Railway of Mexico, September 1872 by
Mexican National Railway Company of Mexico(
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1 edition published in 1872 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1872 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
LETTERS, 1853 1868 (CLASSIC REPRINT) by
William Jackson Palmer(
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1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The places recorded in the five books of Moses by
Robert Wilkinson(
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2 editions published between 1797 and 1817 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 1797 and 1817 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Report of surveys across the continent by
William Jackson Palmer(
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2 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Letters, 1853-1868 / Wm. J. Palmer by
William Jackson Palmer(
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1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Jackson Palmer was a member of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment which served in the U.S. Civil War from 1862-1865
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Jackson Palmer was a member of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment which served in the U.S. Civil War from 1862-1865
Tributes to the late General William J. Palmer from his Fellow Citizens in Colorado Springs. Edited by M.G. Slocum. [With
a portrait.] by Mary Goodale SLOCUM(
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1 edition published in 1909 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1909 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Monroe Doctrine by
William Jackson Palmer(
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1 edition published in 1896 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1896 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
General William J. Palmer; a decade of Colorado railroad building, 1870-1880 by
George LaVerne Anderson(
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2 editions published in 1936 in Undetermined and English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1936 in Undetermined and English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pathfinder and builder, a compilation of addresses at presentations of bronze bas reliefs and equestrian statue commemorating
his life and work by
William Jackson Palmer(
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1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Papers by
William Jackson Palmer(
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in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Correspondence with Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905), relating to Mexican National Railroad Company and the city of Colorado Springs; and official reports (1862-65) of Pennsylvania Cavalry, 15th Regt
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Correspondence with Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905), relating to Mexican National Railroad Company and the city of Colorado Springs; and official reports (1862-65) of Pennsylvania Cavalry, 15th Regt
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- Borneman, Walter R. 1952- Author
- Kansas Pacific Railway Company
- Mellen, Chase 1863-1939 Author
- Fisher, John Stirling 1907- Author
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
- Anderson, George L. (George LaVerne) 1905-1971 Author
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
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