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California State Railroad Museum: The Transcontinental Railroad

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A brief history of the first transcontinental railroad and the vision of Theodore Judah as well as the financing of the "Big Four."

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california history
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life on the railroad, railroad history, "big four", central pacific railroad, charles crocker, collis p. huntington, leland stanford, mark hopkins, pacific railroad act, theodore judah, union pacific railroad, building a transcontinental railroad
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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