This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Union Pacific Museum Bridges Past and Present in Omaha
An American railroad museum in Omaha links the Civil War era to modern logistics through artifacts from the Union Pacific and its pioneers. Highlights include Dodge’s May 9 1869 telegram forging the first transcontinental line, Lincoln era documents, Brigham Young era labor notes, branding irons from cattle outfits, historic photographs by Gardner Russell and Savage, and the Promontory Point ceremony diary.
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Union Pacific Museum
Omaha
Neb
Promontory Summit
Grenville M. Dodge
Union Pacific Railroad
Oliver Ames
U. P
Transportation
Annals of America
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Dodge
Tokyo
Hitler
Pus Museum
U. P. ‘Museum
Brigham Tee
Church of
Latter Day Saints
Mormons
Salt Lake City
Ruth Hamilton
Crow Dog
George
Montana
Union Pacific
Big Nose
Joseph Rankin
Joe Rankin
Old Jim Bridger
Asa Whitney
George Francis Train
Thomas C. Durant
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Missouri River
California
Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Springer Harbaugh
Pennsylvania
Alexander Gardner
A. J. Russell
William H. Jackson
Savage
Ottinger
U. P. Museum
Promontory Point
Utah
Central Pacific
C. R. Savage
Carl R. Gray
National Capital
Washington
Jeffers