On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed after nearly six years of construction, making travel and trade between the east and west coast easier than ever before. Take a ...

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln to garner federal support for construction of the transcontinental railroad. While B&O Railroad was the first commercial ...

Grenville Dodge wa a U.S. Army general during the Civil War and became the cheif engineer for Union Pacific during the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Every May, tourists gather in Promontory Summit, Utah, to watch two trains meet nose to nose on tracks first laid more than 150 years ago. The Central Pacific Railroad’s Jupiter, painted blue ...

OGDEN — This upcoming First Friday Art Stroll will offer a couple of opportunities to learn some local history. According to a press release from Ogden City Arts, Culture & Events, the May art ...

That law authorized the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which would connect the eastern United States to the pacific coast. The rail line went from Sacramento, ...

However, one other railroad company saw the benefit of the Southern route, and that was the Southern Pacific Railroad, which, after the Civil War, built a second transcontinental line.

May is picked as the month we honor AAPI heritage in part due to that being the month that Chinese immigrants help complete the building of the transcontinental railroad.

When California joined the United States in 1850, most of the country existed east of the Mississippi River. California, an “island on the land,” was way off on the far west coast and needed a ...