An old monument near Spokane honoring the first governor of Washington Territory is ... to identify possible northern routes for a transcontinental railroad. For a few days at the end of October ...

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 ...

Hill — who helped put Everett on the map — for ... Hill’s transcontinental railroad spanned from Minnesota to the Pacific Ocean, spurring the success of Washington’s timber, mining and ...

PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) - The May 10, 1869, completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a pivotal moment in the United States, ushering in a period of progress and expansion nationwide.

PROMONTORY, Utah — For most people, birthday celebrations are a time to relax; for Jack Shu’s 67th birthday, he decided he wanted to go on a 10-mile hike in northern Utah. It was an idea Shu ...

Coming some four years after the Civil War, the event marked completion of the first transcontinental railroad ... prepared the first maps and reports describing the topography of the trails ...

Thousands of towns materialized in the corridor created by the railway. Transcontinental trains fostered a new agricultural empire by bringing farming machinery to the West, and carrying crops and ...

Since the 1890s, Spokane was often touted as a hub for four transcontinental railroads, the implication being that it was a good place to do business and ship goods across the U.S. continent.

A replica of the last railroad tie laid on the Transcontinental Railroad is seen Tuesday at Golden Spike National Historic Park in Promontory, Utah. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters) Perspective by ...

With that one act, Stanford marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad. This 1877 photo ... department's Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C. In Utah, visitors can stand ...