The event marked completion of the first transcontinental railroad, connecting the nation ... prepared the first maps and reports describing the topography of the trails and passages from the ...

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln to garner federal support for construction of the transcontinental ... A map of the Union Pacific Railroad route in 1868.

maps and artifacts from across the nation. It shares the story of Utah’s contribution to the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the railway’s effects on the state. | Utah State ...

Without a map, it's almost impossible ... which started as a little regional railroad between two Kansas towns, but swiftly developed transcontinental ambitions. "There was a lot less flash ...

To go on your own tour of the Transcontinental Railroad Backcountry Byway, download the Avenza app and search ‘BLM Utah.’ There you will find a free, BLM-produced georeferenced map of the ...

He explained that the placement of everything helped the team map out where the buildings ... documents — in a way that conveys the transcontinental railroad's significance.

A 1935 promotional map for Pacific Greyhound shows the long ... Gary Belsky writes that it was an older transit industry—the railroads—that gave buses a lift in the 1920s.

“If one argues that history is sort of a prism—that you look at the past in order to understand the present and the future—go no further than the transcontinental railroad,” says ...

How much transcontinental business is there ... MORRIS: What has changed is the freight rail map of North America. Now there are two big railroads in the west, two in the east and two running ...

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed 150 years ago, in 1869. In 1800s America, some saw the railroad as a symbol of modernity and national progress. For others, however, the Transcontinental ...