The event marked completion of the first transcontinental railroad, connecting the nation from coast to coast and cutting a journey of at least four months to a week. It also, in a sense ...

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On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed after nearly six years of construction, making travel and trade between the east and west coast easier than ever before.

Promontory • Editor’s Note: The May 10, 1869, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a pivotal moment in the United States, ushering in a period of progress and expansion nationwide.

In case you haven’t been keeping track, the 150th anniversary of the completion of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad is comin’ ’round the bend this May. And there’s a trainload of ...

PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) - The May 10, 1869, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a pivotal moment in the United States, ushering in a period of progress and expansion nationwide.

On this date in 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Not long afterward, the editors of the ...

After six years of toil, on May 10, 1869 — 150 years ago today — the First Transcontinental Railroad was officially completed with the hammering of the “Golden Spike” to the last tie ...

They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial spikes that helped celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, now reunited in Utah for the first time in 150 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CALIFORNIA (KTXL) — On May 10, 1869 ...

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed 150 years ago, in 1869. In 1800s America, some saw the railroad as a symbol of modernity and national progress. For others, however, the Transcontinental ...

The second part will be published May 12. May 10 will mark the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad connecting the East Coast with the West Coast. From an economic ...