Omaha, Nebraska
Thomas Durant and workers represent
the Union Pacific Railroad!
Sacramento, California
The Big Four!
Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington,
Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker
represent the Central Pacific.
Union Pacific workers lay rails.
What were some of the obstacles that
interfered with laying the track?
Central Pacific workers lay rails and build lots of
tunnels!!! What other obstacles interfered with
the building of the Central Pacific Railroad?
(Stacked stools represent the Sierra Nevadas.)
Promontory Summit, Utah
May 10, 1869
Union Pacific and Central Pacific unite
their rails! The Golden Spike is driven!
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