Palmer, William Jackson 1836-1909

Overview

Works:	184 works in 259 publications in 3 languages and 2,599 library holdings
Genres:	History Records and correspondence Sources Personal narratives Biography Maps Surveys
Roles:	Author, Composer
Classifications:	F786, 917.8042

Publication Timeline

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 )
William Jackson Palmer, pathfinder and builder by George Foster Peabody( Book )
General William J. Palmer; a decade of Colorado railroad building, 1870-1880 by George L Anderson( 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 Jackson Palmer: man of vision by George L Anderson( Book )
General William Palmer : railroad pioneer by Joyce B Lohse( Book )
Legends, labors, and loves : William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909( )
General William J. Palmer : founder of Colorado Springs, builder of Denver & Rio Grande Railroad by Jeanette Turpin( Book )
Tributes to the late General William J. Palmer from his fellow citizens in Colorado Springs by Mary Goodale Montgomery Slocum( 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 )
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 )
Queen of Glen Eyrie : the story of Mary Lincoln Mellen Palmer, wife of General William Palmer by Celeste Black( 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( Book )

16 editions published between 1869 and 1978 in English and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The war of the gauges( Book )

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( Book )

4 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

De la colonisation du Colorado et du Nouveau-Mexique by William Jackson Palmer( Book )

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. 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( )

5 editions published between 1868 and 1950 in English and held by 9 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( Book )

2 editions published between 1871 and 1967 in English and held by 7 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( )

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( Book )

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( )

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( Book )

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

LETTERS, 1853 1868 (CLASSIC REPRINT) by William Jackson Palmer( Book )

1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters, 1853-1868 / Wm. J. Palmer by William Jackson Palmer( Book )

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

The places recorded in the five books of Moses by William Jackson Palmer( )

2 editions published between 1797 and 1817 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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( Book )

1 edition published in 1909 in 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( Book )

1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Agreement of October 15, 1886, between Matheson & Co. of. London and William J. Palmer by Mexican National Railroad Company( Book )

1 edition published in 1886 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Monroe Doctrine by William Jackson Palmer( Book )

1 edition published in 1896 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report of surveys across the continent by William Jackson Palmer( Book )

2 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Mexico National Railway of Mexico, September 1872 by Mexican National Railway Company of Mexico( Book )

1 edition published in 1872 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Papers by William Jackson Palmer( )

in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries 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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