SPOKANE, Wash. – 111 years ago, Spokane railroad executives celebrated the completion of a critical railroad link by pounding a golden spike into the final railroad tie under the Monroe Street Bridge.
Today is a historic date in the history of the railroad industry. On the morning of May 10, 1869, a crowd gathered at a ...
On May 10, 1869, on a small stretch of northern Utah, our nation was forever changed when the final ties and spikes of the transcontinental railroad were installed. By the time the 17-karat gold spike ...
On May 10, 1869, the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was completed when the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific ...
A golden spike ceremony was held on May 10, 1869, to mark the completion of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.