Pacific Railway Completed at Promontory Summit
A detailed chronicle of the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point. The telegraph linked San Francisco to New York as the last spike was driven and the final stroke proclaimed Tia Done. The narrative recalls milestones from 1863 to 1868, tracing the crossing of the Sierra Nevada and the road’s rapid progress toward the 1900 miles total.
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Pacific Railway
Western Union
San Francisco
New York
Pacific
Atlantic
Leland Stanford
California
Sacramento
Omaha
Union Pacific
Black Hills
Missouri River
Siérra Novuadas
Union
East Lake Valley
Central
Sierras
Truckee
Nevada
Utah
National Junction Railway Company Act Authorized
An act creating the National Junction Railway Company with corporate powers and the right to survey locate construct and operate a railway in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas. It details stock capital at five thousand shares of hundred dollars each, funding limits up to two hundred thousand dollars, and governance including directors officers and stock subscriptions. It also covers property acquisition disputes appraisal by DC justices and penalties for damage to railroad works.
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National Junction Railway Company
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
James A. Mogreder
John L. Kidwell
H. Cragin
John W. Thompson
Halet Kilbourn
Alexander K. Shepard
William H. Tenney
District of Columbia
National Junction Builws Company
Yuity
Tony
Ani Corporation
Georgetown
Potomaac River
Stoc Creek
Washington
U Street
Wrehington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac River
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Ashington
Grand Union
Salt Road
Third Street
Fourteenth Street West
Washington City
and National Junction Railway
Bec
City of Washington
Direetuns
Jowid Board of Direetos
Sald di Ra
Anidtional Junction Railway Company
Board of Directors
Sid Corporation
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Aaid
Renal
Eald Justice
Anid Justice
Auld
War Justlew
Justice Rhill
Sald Corporation
Iit Saeceron
Buch Neal
Ford Salt
Nut
Telegraph Declares Completion of Great Rail Link
The article celebrates the completion of a rail line spanning 1,800 miles from Omaha to Sacramento, transforming California from a wild to a connected state. The telegraph proclaims “Tis Done!” marking a historic, significant achievement linking the capital of California with New York.
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Omaha
Sacramento
California
Rall
New York City
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