. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . Mondny, thelOth day of May. 1869, a large paity wascongregated on Promontory Point, UtahTerritory, gathered from the four quartersof the Union, and, we might say, from thefour quarters of the earth. There weremen from the pine-clad hills of Maine,the rock-bound coast of Massachusetts,the everglades of Florida, the goldenshores of tlie Pacific slope, from China,Europe, and the wilds of the Americancontinent. T
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . Mondny, thelOth day of May. 1869, a large paity wascongregated on Promontory Point, UtahTerritory, gathered from the four quartersof the Union, and, we might say, from thefour quarters of the earth. There weremen from the pine-clad hills of Maine,the rock-bound coast of Massachusetts,the everglades of Florida, the goldenshores of tlie Pacific slope, from China,Europe, and the wilds of the Americancontinent. There were the lines of blue-clad bovs, witli their burnished musketsand glistening bayonets, and over all, inthe bright May sun, floated the gloriousold stars and stripes, an emblem of unity,power and prosperity. They are grave,earnest men, most of them, who are gath-ered here; men who would not leave theirhomes and business and traverse half ortwo-thirds of the continent only on themost urgent necessity, or on an occasion ofgreat national importance, such as theymight never hope to behold again. It wasI to witness such an event, to be present at 118 CKOFUTts new overland TOUPaST. AXD PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. 119 the consummation of one of the grandestof modern enterprises, that they had gath-ered here. Tliey were liere to do honorto the occasion when 1,774 miles of rail-road should be united, binding in one un-broken chain the East and the West.(Sacramento at that time was the westerntei minus.) To witness this grand event—to be par-takers in the glorious act—this assemblagehad convened. All around was excite-ment and bustle that morning ; men hurry-ing to and fro, grasping their neighborshands in hearty greeting, as they pausedto ask or answer hurried questions. Thisis the day of final triumph of the friendsof the road over their croaking opponents,for long ere the sun shall kiss the weslernsummits of the gray old monarchs of thedesert, the work will be accomplished, theassem
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