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  2. Golden spike - Wikipedia

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    The original "golden spike", on display at the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford University. The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike [1]) is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha on ...

  3. Golden Spike National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    National Park Service map of Golden Spike National Historical Park. The Golden Spike National Historical Park encompasses 2,735 acres (1,107 ha). Initially just 7 acres (2.8 ha) when it was established in 1957, limited to the area near the junction of the two rail systems, the site was expanded by 2,176 acres (881 ha) in 1965 through land swaps and acquisition of approximately a strip of land ...

  4. Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883 - Wikipedia

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    August 19, 1983. The Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site is the location of the golden spike ceremony for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) in 1883. The site is located near Gold Creek in Powell County, Montana off of Interstate 90, [2] approximately 59 miles (95 km) southeast of Missoula and 40 miles (64 km) west of ...

  5. Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot ...

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    As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.

  6. Union Pacific No. 119 - Wikipedia

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    Union Pacific No. 119 was a 4-4-0 American type steam locomotive made famous for meeting the Central Pacific Railroad 's Jupiter at Promontory Summit, Utah, during the Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. The locomotive was built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson ...

  7. David Hewes - Wikipedia

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    David Hewes (May 16, 1822 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts – July 23, 1915 in Orange, California ), was an American born into one of the "old families" of Massachusetts that could be traced back seven generations to the patriot Joshua Hewes. [1] Hewes is associated with the construction and completion of the First transcontinental railroad ...

  8. For 100 years the Rotary Club of Newport put 'Service Above ...

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    The Rotary Club will celebrate 100years at an event dubbed "Service Above Self" on Friday, March 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at the Wyndham Resort, 240 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown. Tickets are $65 per ...

  9. Northern Pacific Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Pacific Railway ( reporting mark NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres (62,000 sq mi; 160,000 km 2) of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe ...

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