RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Omaha, NE
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Promontory, UT
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Sacramento, CA
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New York, NY
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Detailed explanation-1: -For Union Pacific construction crews in 1866, Kearney represented a milestone for the first section of road from Omaha. The original Union Pacific station was located at Buda, east of present day Kearney. With the railroad coming through, settlement began a few years later in 1871 when the Rev.
Detailed explanation-2: -The UPRR main line started in Council Bluffs, Iowa and moved west to link up with the Central Pacific Railroad line, which was built eastward from Sacramento. Construction on the UPRR main line was delayed until the American Civil War ended in 1865.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Union Pacific constructed westward from Omaha to meet the Central Pacific line coming from California. The two lines joined at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, becoming the first transcontinental railroad in North America.