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Page 8: Wood engraving by Matthew B. Brady, 1867. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress.
Page 13: Monograph series no. 401: Atlas of the Historical Geography of the U.S. 1932 by Charles O. Paullin. Courtesy of Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
P
Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.
A
Ackerman, William K., 149
Adams, Charles Francis,
Jr.
on Albany & Susquehanna, 49, 51
Civil War, 161
“community of interest,” 172–73, 389n172
on Crédit Mobilier scandal, 57, 58
on Dillon, 106
on Drew, 7, 26
on Erie Railroad, 31, 33, 51, 149, 378n33
Gould and, 181–84
on “money-getting,” 90
pooling agreements, 165
on transformation, xi, 12
Union Pacific and, 106, 160–65, 174, 181–84, 379n48
Adams, Charles Francis, Sr., 55
Adams, Edward D., 302
Adams, Henry
Chapters of Erie, 160
on Drew, 7
on gold scheme, 94, 97
as North American Review editor, 57
on Theodore Roosevelt, 333, 338–39, 344
Adams, John Quincy, 3
Adler, Cyrus, 188
African Americans, xx–xxi, 12, 218, 222
Agnew, William, 296
Alaska expedition, see Harriman, 132, 234–42, 237
Albany & Susquehanna Railroad, 42, 49–53
Alger, Horatio, 131
Allen, Frederick Lewis, 370, 371
Altgeld, John Peter, 228
The American Commonwealth (Bryce), xiv
American Indians, 45, 68, 70–72, 80–81, 261, 394n261
American Railway Union (ARU), 221–24, 226, 227, 230–32
American Steel and Wire Company, 286
Ames, Fred, 104, 162
Ames, Oakes, 59, 60–64, 97
Ames, Oliver, 59, 97, 98, 104
Anthony, Susan B., xix
Arnold, John W., 226–29, 231, 392n231
Around the World in 80 Days (Verne), 45
Arthur, Chester A., 150, 260
ARU (American Railway Union), 221–24, 226, 227, 230–32
Astor, Caroline, 89
Astor, John Jacob, 351
Astor, John Jacob, III, 24
Astor family, 283–84
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 205, 206, 248, 324–25, 366