2007-01-05 11:33:49 · 5 answers · asked by jahnae 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Authorized by President Abraham Lincoln...constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad company, which worked westward, and the Central Pacific Railroad company, which started in California and worked eastward...completed at Promontory Summit, UT (been there by the way - it's a really cool place)...some key figures were "The Big 4" of the CP (Stanford, Crocker, Huntingdon & Hopkins), "Crazy" Ted Judah, Thomas Durant, the Ames brothers, Grenville Dodge,...
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2007-01-08 07:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by DGS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 23:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try PBS.org and do a search on it. Lots of info. Don't use wikipedia
2007-01-05 15:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Dawes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have had it for a while,their big engines that go wooo,wooo.,And they bring all the cheap crap from china to a wal-mart near you.
2007-01-06 07:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look it up at www.wikipedia.org.
2007-01-05 11:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋