On May 10, 1869, on a small stretch of northern Utah, our nation was forever changed when the final ties and spikes of the transcontinental railroad were installed. By the time the 17-karat gold spike ...
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As train bells clanged and steam whistles tooted, thousands of people on Friday witnessed the re-enactment of a ...
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed on May 10, 1869, linking the eastern and western United States by rail for the first time, cutting travel time across the country from months to about a ...
We all saw the photograph of the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the laying of the golden spike at Promontory Point in Utah in 1869 in our history books. That was the final section ...