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Railway quiz recalls Buffalo Bill and golden spike tale
Questions and answers outline how William F Cody earned the nickname Buffalo Bill for supplying meat to Union Pacific builders. It notes the Hell on Wheels camps along the railroad, the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Point, and the first through Transcontinental train in 1870.
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Association of American Railroads
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Western Plains
Rocky Mountains
North Platte
Julesburg
Cheyenne
Laramie
Promontory Point
Utah
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Pacific
California
Nevada
San Francisco
Atlantic
Boston Board of Trade
Boston
Trans- Continental