2007-12-01 12:08:02 · 5 answers · asked by shamrock g 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railway network of the Eastern United States with California on the Pacific coast. Ceremonially completed on May 10, 1869, at the famous "golden spike" event at Promontory Summit, Utah, it created a nation-wide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West. This network caused the wagon trains of previous decades to become obsolete, exchanging it for a modern transportation system.
2007-12-01 12:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
May 10, 1869 at Promonotory Point, Utah
2007-12-01 12:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
California was the first state to be linked to the East, in the 1860s.
2007-12-01 12:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May 10, 1869
2007-12-01 12:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by TG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1860's and it was finished with a gold spike to connect the East West connection!
2007-12-01 12:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by MAttsprat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋