ch. 1. Picking the route 1830-1860
ch. 2. Getting to California 1848-1859
ch. 3. Birth of the Central Pacific 1860-1862
ch. 4. Birth of the Union Pacific 1862-1864
ch. 5. Judah and the elephant 1862-1864
ch. 6. Laying out the Union Pacific line 1864-1865
ch. 7. Central Pacific attacks the Sierra Nevada 1865
ch. 8. Union Pacific across Nebraska 1866
ch. 9. Central Pacific assaults the Sierra 1866
ch. 10. Union Pacific to the Rocky Mountains 1867
ch. 11. Central Pacific penetrates the summit 1867
ch. 12. Union Pacific across Wyoming 1868
ch. 13. Brigham Young and the Mormons make the grade 1868
ch. 14. Central Pacific goes through Nevada 1868
ch. 15. Railroads race into Utah January 1-April 10, 1869
ch. 16. To the summit April 11-May 7, 1869
Done May 8-10, 1869.