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 ...

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GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Despite the iconic image of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad that was sealed with a golden spike hammered into a laurel railroad tie, the closing ...

Despite the iconic image of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad that was sealed with a golden spike hammered into a laurel railroad tie, the closing weeks of the engineering feat were ...

The Summit Tunnel Conservation Association (STCA) is pleased to announce that on December 13, 2024, Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, designated the 1867-68 encampment area of the ...

It also explores the role of women and Chinese workers in building the transcontinental railroad. There are also exhibits on toy trains and the world of model railroading. Following recent line ...

A historic water tower along the Union Pacific line near the Wyoming-Colorado state line was a local landmark for about 80 ...

The ambitious, multi-year "American Railroad" project tells the story of the transcontinental grid's construction through the lens of workers including African American, Chinese, Japanese ...

The US Department of the Interior has designated Summit Camp in California as a National Historic Landmark, or NHL, marking ...

Rhiannon Giddens is an award-winning artist whose new project tells the story of the U.S. transcontinental railroad — a story told through the eyes of its builders, including African American ...

There is something magical about this story teller of this California city’s beginning, as if he was actually there, says ...