RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Omaha, Nebraska
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Sacramento, California
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Louisville, Kentucky
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Buffalo, New York
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Detailed explanation-1: -Electing to forgo beginning construction with a costly and time-consuming bridge over the Missouri River, Union Pacific broke ground in Omaha Dec. 3, 1863. Despite this early start, rails were not laid until July 10, 1865, and then only reached Omaha’s outskirts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The original UPRR 1, 087 miles (1, 749 km) of track started in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Omaha and Union Pacific Railroad share a rich and lengthy history together. Abraham Lincoln created Union Pacific by signing into law the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1867 Ezra Millard, Andrew J. Hanscom, and Augustus Kountze formed the Omaha Horse Railway, the first horsecar in the city.
Detailed explanation-5: -Under the guidance of its dominant stockholder Dr. Thomas Clark Durant, the namesake of the city of Durant, Iowa, the first rails were laid in Omaha. The two lines were joined at Promontory Summit, Utah, 53 miles (85 km) west of Ogden on May 10, 1869, hence creating the first transcontinental railroad in North America.