May 10 in American History
At Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike joined the rails from east and west, completing the first transcontinental railroad. A journey that once took months by wagon now took days. Built largely by Irish and Chinese immigrant labor at enormous human cost, it stitched the continent together and remade the American economy.
In 1869: the transcontinental railroad is completed. At Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike joined the rails from east and west, completing the first transcontinental railroad.
At Promontory Summit, Utah, a golden spike joined the rails from east and west, completing the first transcontinental railroad. A journey that once took months by wagon now took days. Built largely by Irish and Chinese immigrant labor at enormous human cost, it stitched the continent together and remade the American economy.
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