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Learn about the painstaking labor of Chinese workers, whose contributions were vital but often overlooked. Witness the fierce competition between the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad as they raced toward Promontory Point, the site of the Golden Spike, marking the completion of this historic project.But not all tales from this railroad are of triumph. We'll uncover chilling stories of murders, robberies, and other crimes that plagued the temporary ghost towns which sprang up alongside the rails. This video is a deep dive into the history, the human cost, and the lasting legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad. Don't miss this fascinating exploration of one of America's most iconic achievements! #TranscontinentalRailroad #GhostTowns #UtahDesert #GoldenSpike #RailroadHistory #ChineseLaborers #PromontoryPoint #WildWestCrimes #CentralPacificRailroad #UnionPacificRailroad #AmericanHistory #GhostTownExploration #HistoryUncovered=======================================Order a copy of Deceived or She Knew No Fear and get the book signed for free! https://www.ProfilingEvil.comDONATE to Profiling Evil: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T54JX76RZ455SSUPPORT our Podcasts: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213394/support

Chinese laborers did much of the toughest work building the Central Pacific Railroad. That included blasting tunnels through the granite of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to eventually connect to the Union Pacific line at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869. Today, Lindsay is joined by Sue Lee, historian and former executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of America. She and historian Connie Young Yu edited Voices from the Railroad: Stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers. Order your copy of the new American History Tellers book, The Hidden History of the White House, for behind-the-scenes stories of some of the most dramatic events in American history—set right inside the house where it happened.Be the first to know about Wondery's newest podcasts, curated recommendations, and more! Sign up now at https://wondery.fm/wonderynewsletterListen to American History Tellers on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Experience all episodes ad-free and be the first to binge the newest season. Unlock exclusive early access by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial today by visiting wondery.com/links/american-history-tellers/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AC is a 56-year-old man brought to the emergency room by ambulance for a trauma evaluation after a bicycle crash.Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I've tried to stay away from the reflections that end up being part of the “doctor-as-patient” genre.[i] Books, TV shows, and movies are filled with these stories.[ii] A doctor gets sick or injured, spends time as a patient, and then authors a piece with a predictable message:•      The experience made me more empathic and a better doctor.•      I learned something about life.•      I discovered new insights about healthcare while I was in the bed rather than next to it.•      What I learned while I was a patient will help you when you inevitably become one.But I write one of these reflections every other week and I need to satisfy my brother-in-law who texted the day after I got home from the hospital, “Well, it should give you plenty of future Sensible Medicine content…”First, because it's kind of a good one, the story of the crash itself.On the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend my wife, daughter, and I went for a bike ride on the Chicago Lakefront path. We biked from Hyde Park on the Southside to Andersonville on the north. Our destination was a great coffee shop for coffee and Mexican chocolate cookies. After a good rest, we headed south with the wind definitively at our back. With about five miles to go, we decided we would sprint the rest of the way. My daughter got out ahead of me and, as we approached the end of our ride, I remember thinking, “these damn kids, you teach them to ride a bicycle, and then they turn 18 and you can't keep up with them.”            I'm going as fast as I can on my one speed, with about 200 feet left to go. As I ride through a congested area,[iii] another rider cuts across the path. I don't think I hit him but my breaking and swerving sent me airborne. I opened my eyes lying in the grass, staring up at the sky, four strangers looking down at me. I did my own primary survey, recognizing that my left clavicle was broken, my spleen was fine, a few ribs were broken, but, thankfully, my head and neck seemed OK.            The 24 hours in the hospital were blessedly uneventful. I learned that I had broken my clavicle, six ribs, and my scapula. I had an occult pneumothorax (not previously part of my lexicon) and subcutaneous emphysema. I was discharged after 24 hours on the trauma cocktail of acetaminophen, lidocaine patches, gabapentin, and (as needed) oxycodone.Although you should never take credit for your own health, I have a hard time not taking credit for my health.            Given the eight fractures, I was in remarkably little pain. The clavicle was painful, debilitating, and unstable, but if I remained in a sling, I was OK. The reason for this: luck. I frequently remark on how people take a lot of the credit for their good health – credit they don't deserve. Just as often, people are blamed for their poor health – blame that they rarely deserve. But with people telling me that I was doing well because I exercise regularly, that my rib fractures caused only mild pain because of my core strength, or because Capricorns have a high pain tolerance, I was prone to believe that it reflected well on me that I was not suffering more.I'm not that important.As a primary care physician, I sometimes think my patients would be lost without me. They call me daily to ask about symptoms. They message me on MyChart to ask about the results of tests ordered by other physicians. I get asked to help with issues that can't remotely be considered medical in nature. What would happen to these people if I were just to disappear for two or three weeks? The answer: nothing. Everybody did just fine. I came back to a smattering of messages that went something like this:Nurse: “Your doctor will be out for a couple of weeks. Do you want me to forward your message to the doctor covering or can it wait for his return?”Patient: “It can definitely wait.” Or, “Never mind, it's not that important.”Providing equitable care is hard.Ten days after the crash, and three days before a week of previously scheduled vacation, I was feeling well enough to return for a couple of abbreviated clinic sessions. I asked the nurse I work with to fill the 4 or so hours I'd be in clinic with people whose appointments had been canceled and seemed like they needed to be seen. Every one of the openings was filled with entitled, very connected people. I have written about all the forces that work against people having truly equitable access, so it is a topic certainly on my mind, but these schedules presented the stark reality of the problem.Time as a patient can lessen your empathy.            Most of the doctor-as-patient genre deals with an experience that increases the doctor's empathy (see footnotes 1 and 2). I have spent a career doing my best to be empathic to people with rib fractures. “They hurt so much.” “You can't rest the ribs because you need to breath.” “They take so long to heal.” “Whatever you do, try not to sneeze.” For whatever reason, my rib fractures weren't that bad. I only sneezed twice. Will I be less empathic in the future?When a patient knows that the doctor seeing him or her is unwell, the tenor of the visit changes.            For the first couple weeks that I was back in clinic, I wore a sling. As I have always told people, “A sling will help your pain, allow you to heal, and will signal to others to be a little more careful around you.” What I didn't expect was how obviously the sling's presence changed my interactions with people I've been seeing for years. Some people seemed more relaxed, freed from their patient role, and happy to express their care for, and concern about, me. Other people were uncomfortable. I imagined them thinking, “Wait, you're supposed to be the healthy person.” Some people managed to appear completely unaware. I am not sure if this meant they were unobservant or just respectful of my privacy (and extraordinary actors). Fellow cyclists were morbidly interested and could not help but tell me about their accidents and have me (re)examine their healed clavicle fractures.Even an illness can make you feel lucky.            Repeatedly since the crash, I have thought about how ridiculously lucky I was. My helmet had barely a scratch.[iv] My neck was not even sore. My teeth were fine. Even some of my chronic low back pain improved with the weeks of enforced rest. As I sat at my daughter's high school graduation I teared up. Yes, this was because my youngest was graduating from high school[v] but the tears were also because I thought of how close I'd come to missing this.Personal experience can trump clinical experience.            I never thought gabapentin did much. Sure I have some patients whose neuropathic pain truly responded to this drug. I have also had a couple of inpatients whose cannabis hyperemesis seems to have responded terrifically, but mostly I think it is a drug that doctors prescribe when we don't have much to offer. I have probably deprescribed pounds of it in my career. On post-crash day 2, I said to my wife, “I can't believe I am taking gabapentin. I am stopping this.” I weaned myself from 300 mg three times a day to none in 3 days. The following day, our conversation went something like this:Me: “I don't know why I am in so much more pain today?”Her: “Could it be that it is because you stopped the gabapentin?”Me: “Come on, no way.”Her: “Why don't you try getting back on it for a couple of days.”Yes, I was better the next day. Placebo, maybe; N of one, sure. But I do expect to look at this drug a little differently going forward.One good story.The story that I will probably tell for years concerned the opiates I was given in the emergency room. After being triaged, I was left waiting in an ER room alone. After 30 minutes (exactly 30 minutes, I had nothing to do but watch the clock) lying in pain, I called the nurse. I told her, “I'm clearly stable, I'm sure the doctors have sicker people to see, but I really would appreciate something for pain. I first received a dose of IV morphine, then two doses of IV fentanyl, then a dose of IV hydromorphone. My inappropriate, opiate, trauma humor? I thought I might write a TripAdvisor rating of the drugs.I couldn't hold back from the doctor-as-patient narrative.I'm not sure anything I learned will make me a better doctor.Photo by Viktor Bystrov on Unsplash[i] I have gone there a couple of times with Friday Reflection 6: Abrogating our Responsibility to Use Placebos and Friday Reflection 13: Empathy Earned and Learned.[ii] I gave a talk on this genre once and this is the list I came up with:•      Books•      A Taste of My Own Medicine (Rosenbaum)•      When Breath Becomes Air (Kalanithi)•      In Shock (Awdish)•      Being Mortal (Gawande)•      Diary of our Fatal Illness (Bardes)•      In Sickness: A Memoir (Rollins)•      And Finally (Marsh)•      Movies•      The Doctor (1991)•      TV•      House: Three Stories•      Euphoria•      Essays•      Doctors, Revolt! (Rich Joseph, NYT)•      How to Give Bad News (Marjorie Rosenthal, NYT)•      On Breaking One's Neck (Arnold Relman, NY Review)•      Resident Report (Brooke Gabster, JAMA)[iii] FTITK, the west side of Promontory Point. Yes, I should have slowed down.[iv] But, I bought a new helmet because that is what you're supposed to do after a crash.[v] As every parent has said, “how the hell did that happen?” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe

Chief Larry Snelling has been selected as the next police superintendent, and Dr. Allison Arwady is out as public health commissioner. What did we learn about Mayor Brandon Johnson's administrative priorities with these moves? And will these decisions have any real impact on everyday Chicagoans? We ask WTTW's Heather Cherone and Block Club Chicago's Maxwell Evans. Plus, water safety at Promontory Point, the ten-year anniversary of “Acid Rap,” and celebrating Honeybee Day in North Lawndale! Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago City Council unanimously voted Wednesday to designate Promontory Park, a longstanding staple in the Hyde Park area, an official city landmark. Reset talks with Alderman-elect Desmon Yancy, 5th Ward and Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, to learn more about the lengthy process to make this happen and what the designation means for the city and its residents.

Both Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alderman Ed Burke had their last meeting in City Council this week. Lightfoot was defeated in February, and Burke, the longest serving alderperson in Chicago history, is retiring after being indicted on corruption charges. In May, City Hall will look a lot different as more than a dozen new alders and mayor-elect Brandon Johnson are sworn in. So what does the change of guard mean for Chicago? WTTW's Heather Cherone and Block Club Chicago's Atavia Reed talk to host Jacoby Cochran about that, and also break down the continued fallout of Walmart abruptly leaving Chatham, the landmarking of Promontory Point, and the return of the Cherry Blossoms.  Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Chicago newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: Promontory Point Is Now A Chicago Landmark, A Major Victory For Activists Who Fought For Decades: Ald. Leslie Hairston, who advocated to Save the Point for two decades, saw it […]

On our 97th episode, we discuss the University's administrative shakeup, Promontory Point development, and a new anti-gun violence measure. If you would like to be featured on our 100th episode, please submit this form: forms.gle/NHu5mCwJEhpvet2x6 Hosted by: Gregory Caesar, Pravan Chakravarthy, Jake Zucker, and Carter Beckstein Edited by: Gregory Caesar

On our 97th episode, we discuss the University's administrative shakeup, Promontory Point development, and a new anti-gun violence measure. If you would like to be featured on our 100th episode, please submit this form: forms.gle/nVtsxmKXtgUf4Aus7 Hosted by: Gregory Caesar, Pravan Chakravarthy, Jake Zucker, and Carter Beckstein Edited by: Gregory Caesar

Tim has lived in Utah his entire adult life but has never been to Promontory Point for the Golden Spike reenactment of the Trans Continental Railroad. He finally  had the opportunity to experience this historic reenactment this week.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Join Drifter & Gypsie on a little adventure to Promontory Point in Utah to visit the location marking the east joining the west. This is the very spot the rail lines came together in the late 1800s making transcontinental travel a reality.You can visit the parks web site by clicking HERE.Web: www.RebelAtLarge.comEmail: Rebels@RebelAtLarge.comSupport the show: PatreonSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/RebelAtLarge)

Year in ReviewRoad TripPlanningBy the NumbersDays - 11Miles - 3639Hours - 75States - 9National Parks - 6Day 1 - SoCal to La Verkin436mi, 7:25Dinner in VegasDay 2 - La Verkin to Salt Lake City384mi, 7:21ZionBryce CanyonDriving in a BlizzardDay 3 - Salt Lake City to Rock Springs350mi, 6:10Golden SpikeBear LakeDay 4 - Rock Springs to Keystone468mi, 6:56Snow, snow, snowCrazy HorseMt. Rushmore at nightDay 5 - Keystone to Chadron351mi, 6:22Mt. RushmoreDevil's TowerWind CaveDay 6 - Chadron to Boulder293mi, 4:40Day 7 - BoulderDay 8 - Boulder to Grand Junction325mi, 6:12Rocky MountainDay 9 - Grand Junction to Richfield380mi, 7:55Sego CanyonCanyonlandsMoabArchesDay 10 - Richfield to Las Vegas295mi, 4:04Day 11 - Las Vegas to SoCal288mi, 5:42For more travel information visit thewanderinggeekin2020.com.Special shout out to Adam and Katherine from Adventures of A+K for their continued inspiration to get out and explore.  Follow them at  on Instagram or on Youtube.

The transcontinental railroad is considered to have been one of the greatest American technological accomplishments of the nineteenth century. It was completed on May 10, 1869 with the driving of the “golden spike” in Promontory Point, Utah and served as a vital link for trade, commerce, and travel by joining the eastern and western halves of the United States.  The story of the transcontinental railroad from its earliest conception to its completion, spans three decades; from the 1840s to the 1860s. During that time America had grown in size and population, fought wars with Mexico in 1846 and itself in 1861, and struggled to create a new national identity. Our story will include the political tensions over slavery and westward expansion as well as conflict with native populations west of the Mississippi River. I will also include the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the tendency of the federal government to collaborate with private businesses as well as its impact on the national economy, race, Native Americans in the west, and popular culture!Please check out my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ThreeMinutesofHistory/videos 

On today's episode, we discuss a physical connection that happened in travel history: the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad in the United States and, specifically, the moment that the East Coast connected with the West coast at Promontory Point, Utah. It was a monumental undertaking that proved to be a pivotal moment for the country. It forever altered where and how Americans lived, and sparked a new era of trade and leisure travel. Unfortunately, it also quickened the pace of environmental degradation and subjugation of the native peoples of North America.  For this episode, we speak to special guest Sean Fraga, PhD, a historian of the North American west and a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at USC. He's currently working on his first book about the transcontinental railroad, Asian trade, and the Puget Sound, which will be published by Yale University press. 

It seems like Almost Yesterday that the transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Point in Utah. The year was 1869. Within a few months, Hiram Morgan Hill and his sister Sarah Althea Hill were on the new “Pacific Train” heading to California in search of fame and fortune. At the time, “Morgan” Hill was 22 years of age; Sarah was 20. They were the orphaned children of Samuel Allen Hill, an attorney and Missouri legislator, and Julia Sloan, daughter of Hiram Sloan, who had operated a mill on Sloan’s Creek at the northern edge of Cape Girardeau. Once in California, Morgan Hill found a position as a teller in the Bank of California, owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt and managed by William Ralston. Ralston was impressed by Hill, and quickly advanced him to a prominent position. In 1880, Hill met Diana Helen Murphy, the beautiful daughter of cattle baron Daniel Murphy, one of the largest landowners in North America. But Murphy disliked Hill, and sought to block the developing

Tiff Beatty invites you into the circle. Tiff is the founder of Art is Bonfire, a seasonal open mic and cypher around a fire pit at Promontory Point in Hyde Park, and is the Programming Director of Chicago Humanities Festival, an event series bringing authors, thinkers, artists, and celebrities together in conversation around a central theme. The convo bounces between Tiff’s childhood in Washington State, her path to Chicago, building sacred space around the fire, transforming the humanities, and more. Recorded 11/13/19 in Chicago Music from this week's show: ArtiChoke - Tab Anitek

Host Scott Fisher opens the show with Brooke Ganz, organizer of ReclaimTheRecords.org, filling in for David Allen Lambert. In Family Histoire News, Fisher and Brooke first talk about an Irish woman who sought her birth mother for over sixty years. Hear the unique twist to this story. Then, a man was shocked to learn that his DNA results were the scientific equivalent of finding “Bigfoot.” Find out why. Next, a controversy has sprung up over the use of DNA and genetic genealogy in a criminal case in Utah. Brooke and Fisher review the concerns. Finally, Brooke talks about another lawsuit recently filed by Reclaim The Records against the City of New York. She’ll explain what they’re trying to do. Next, Fisher visits with Randy Marcum, historian at the West Virginia State Archives. West Virginia has been seeking their Civil War Union soldiers and their descendants since 1866 to present them with a personalized medal to recognize their service.  Out of 26,000 medals, some 3,400 remain. Hear the story behind these incredible family keepsakes and how qualified people can get one that was made specifically for their ancestor. Then, McKell Keeney from Arizona talks about the recent celebration of the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, connecting the United States by rail. McKell was present for the festivities at Promontory Point, Utah, and for a very special reason. Were it not for her grandmother, none of this year’s festivities might ever have happened. Then, it’s another “Ask Us Anything” segment. Fisher’s special guest this week is… well… Fisher! Answering a listener question about discovering family history treasures on eBay. Then, another listener asks about the wisdom of DNA testing children. That’s all this week on Extreme Genes, America’s Family History Show!

By Davy Crockett  Both a podcast episode and a full article On May 10, 2019, America will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, that was recognized with a “Golden Spike” ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah. For more than 150 years adventurers desired to travel across the American continent by various means: horse, wagon, train, automobile, and eventually on foot in one go. With this celebration coming up, it seemed appropriate to recognize some historic accomplishments walking or running across the American continent. The most notable early walk across America was accomplished by the famous Pedestrian Edward Payson Weston in 1909. Weston accomplished the transcontinental walk at the age of 71. That was just six years after the first two men drove an automobile across America from San Francisco to New York in 63 day. By the time Weston began his famed walk, the fastest known time driving across the continent had been lowered to 15 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes. A train had accomplished it in 71 hours 27 minutes. Weston would capture the attention of the country and the world when he accomplished it on foot in 1909. That story will be covered in an upcoming article. However, Weston first got the idea in 1869 when a best-seller book was being read about a young man, who years before had walked across South America. Weston very likely got the idea to walk across North America from the adventure that took place in 1855. Few have heard this story. It needs to have a place in ultrarunning history because it inspired the Pedestrian world and planted in the minds of many to do cross continent walks and runs in the future. Not only would runners run across America (3,100+ miles), but they would go across Australia (2,890), New Zealand (1,350 miles), Europe (1,729 miles), Canada (4,179 miles), Asia (5534 miles), the Soviet Union (7,321 miles), the length of Great Britain (840 miles), Ireland (375 miles), and South America (8,500 miles). But it seemed to all start with a young seventeen-year-old American adventurer in 1855. Here is his story. Nathaniel Holmes Bishop (1837-1902) Nathaniel Holmes Bishop was born to a wealthy family on March 23, 1837 in the city of Medford Massachusetts, near Boston. As a youth he had a restless adventuresome spirit and at seventeen years old vowed that he would walk across South America from Argentina to Chile, climbing over the Andes. With only $45 in his pocket he hired on as crew on a roach-infested merchant ship that was heading for Buenos Aires, Argentina. He endured weeks of seasickness but “became tolerably familiar with the duties of life at sea” growing strong and hearty. For three weeks the rainy season arrived and he was “wet to the skin” as clothes, bedding, everything was “saturated from the effects of a leaky deck.” He arrived in South America during the “pampero” hurricane season and witnessed tragedy as other vessels were capsized and sailors drown. Buenos Aires Buenos Aires At Buenos Aires Bishop was still obliged to his mariner duties and remained on the ship for an entire month waiting for orders that he could be set free. Finally on February 20, 1855, he was discharged and was able to go ashore and went to the American consulate. The Consul thought he was crazy to undertake a walk of about 1,000 miles across the continent alone especially because he was unable to speak Spanish. Bishop wrote, “However he furnished me with the necessary papers of protection, together with letters of introduction to various persons in the interior.” Bishop would first have to face the vast “Pampas” which are vast plains including places without trees. He learned that the realistic way to cross the Pampas on foot, was to hitch up with a caravan of merchants, otherwise it would be impossible to obtain food, water and follow the right trail. This is because after March the Pampas sees very little rain and is fille...

Doug Wright takes you down the tracks of the sesquicentennial celebration of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Golden Spike was placed at Promontory Point 150 years ago, signaling the unification of a nation. Explore the history, impact, and festivity surrounding the legacy of this great junction. Featuring guests from Spike 150, the Union Pacific Railroad, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Governor Herbert. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug Wright takes you down the tracks of the sesquicentennial celebration of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The Golden Spike was placed at Promontory Point 150 years ago, signaling the unification of a nation. Explore the history, impact, and festivity surrounding the legacy of this great junction. Featuring guests from Spike 150, the Union Pacific Railroad, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Governor Herbert.

[paypal-donation] (Problem with previous post, so this is a fix.)  On December 11, 1941, Germany declared war on the United States.  I'm sure it was an awful Christmas that year.  This is the 76th anniversary of the declaration of war.  In our next conversation, we'll talk to Dr. David Conley Nelson and he'll talk about German persecution of Mormon missionaries in Germany before Hitler. David:  When the golden spike was driven in Promontory Point, [Utah] and two railroads were connected in 1870s-1880s, one German newspaper said the government was doing that so they could send a train to Utah with troops to put down the Mormon rebellion.  So in that particular atmosphere, a lot of local policemen would round up Mormon missionaries.  They would put them in jail for a day and then let them loose, or a local judge would tell them that they could have a suspended sentence and go home, charged with what?  I don't know. GT:  These were just trumped up charges. David:  If they would just leave the country.  Well what they would do, is that a missionary would get kicked out of Bavaria, so he'd go to Saxony instead of leaving and go home.  A Saxon missionary, American missionary being kicked out would go to Bavaria and replace them. Just prior to Hitler taking over Germany, there was a question about who would take over Germany:  the Communists or the Nazis. David:  The mission presidents are writing these letters home saying, we're afraid for the church for the national socialists and the communists battling for power in the streets. Don't forget to listen to our introduction on this topic.  Check out our conversation….. https://youtu.be/uQLnBAUb24s [paypal-donation]

A race that connected East to West with the help of workers from all over the world. The Transcontinental Railroad was an amazing accomplishment that required thousands of workers with backbreaking labor and danger, from the surveyors to the final laying of the track and meeting at Promontory Point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices