Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, at Promontory, Utah, to mark the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869. "Castle Rock ...

Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental railroad throughout its construction. These excerpts, organized chronologically, report on conflicts with Native Americans ...

When the signal from the spike came through, the cannons fired. The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage.

“Clearly the Transcontinental Railroad would not have been completed without their ... Another temporary exhibit features photos of Chinese workers. Most are anonymous, as the exhibit explains, ...

There is an iconic photograph depicting the Golden Spike ceremony that marked the completion of America’s Transcontinental Railroad, a feat of technological progress that some historians regard ...