USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Promontory Point is the cape or southernmost point of the peninsula formed where the Promontory Mountains project into the northern Great Salt Lake in southeastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is notable as the location of Promontory Summit, where the First transcontinental railroad from Sacramento to Omaha in the United States was officially completed on May 10, 1869.

Detailed explanation-3: -From May-December 1869, Promontory was the terminus of the transcontinental railroad (the junction point for Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads). Passengers and freight were transferred here at Promontory, which was known to be a wild town with gambling, looting and “sporting women".

Detailed explanation-4: -: a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water. : a prominent mass of land overlooking or projecting into a lowland.