Contains the text of a Lewis M. Clement's 1887 statement to the U.S. Pacific Railway Commission, which gives a clear and succinct accounting of the costs incurred and the problems encountered in building the Central Pacific Railroad.

An overview of the construction of America's Transcontinental Railway, and its completion when the last spike was driven (after several misses) in Utah to connect the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways. Travel across the...

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Discusses the use of nitroglycerine in the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.

Contains excerpts from Albert D. Richarson's "Beyond the Mississippi" about the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad and his trip on the train.

Preserving the Union came with extreme monetary and personal costs which culminated in many "prices" to pay. Whether it was continuing on with construction plans of the U.S. Capitol building during wartime, ordering new dishes for the...