RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Union Pacific
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Golden Spike
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Exoduster
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Detailed explanation-1: -By connecting the existing eastern U.S. rail networks to the west coast, the Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the “Pacific Railroad ") became the first continuous railroad line across the United States. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history.
Detailed explanation-3: -The story goes that on May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the west were connected to the Union Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the east in Promontory Summit, Utah.
Detailed explanation-4: -May 10, 1869 – the last rail is laid in the Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah. Total miles of track laid 1, 776: 690 miles by the Central Pacific and 1086 by the Union Pacific.