Although its construction began in the 1950s, America's 48,000-mile national interstate system was only completed in 1992. Before then, the 1,900-mile Transcontinental Railroad (1869) was what ...

Train tracks run through Loray, Nevada. The transcontinental railroad extended through five states and connected America’s coasts. Photograph by Philip Cheung ByRay Rogers May 17, 2021 •10 min ...

State Assembly holds events marking Chinese-American work on the Transcontinental Railroad May 8, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit Flipboard Email Share ...

Netflix It’s the end of the road for 1923. The popular Yellowstone prequel recently wrapped up its second season with an explosive finale. Created by Taylor Sheridan, 1923 explored the origins ...

A treasured local detour near Wyoming's smallest town is also one of the state's coolest and most overlooked pieces of roadside architecture. This massive, pyramid-shaped monument was built around ...

Three main survey parties set out — one looking for a Northern route, one a Central route, and the last a Southern route. The Southern route came through our area, and ultimately became the best ...

SUBSCRIBER ONLY How 2 Riverside County men helped survey land for the transcontinental railroad Looking across the San Gorgonio Pass. The 1850s saw the area surveyed for a major railroad route.

The interior of the Old Mormon Fort, one of the properties on Preserve Nevada's list of 12 "most endangered" historical things, on Dec. 12, 2024, in Las Vegas.

From crumbling buildings and environmental wonders to the final resting places of Nevada pioneers and other waymarkers of the past, the Silver State is home to some of the country’s most unique ...

Character — just not the kind reflecting honesty and integrity — counted. Nowhere was this clearer than in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.