. Building the Pacific railway; the construction-story of America's first iron thoroughfare between the Missouri River and California, from the inception of the great idea to the day, May 10, 1869, when the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific joined tracks at Promontory Point, Utah, to form the nation's transcontinental . COLLIS P. HUNTINGTONVice-President Central Pacific R. R, CHARLES CROCKERSupt. Construction Central PacificR. Paintings in Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento

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