- Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad.
CPRR.org
- Driving the Last Spike
From the Museum of the City of San Francisco including information on the Central Pacific Railroad's "Big Four."
www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/rail.html
- James J Hill and the Building of His Railroad Empire
Unlike other railroad builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt who built their railroads around a population, Hill built a population around his railroad.
www.railserve.com/JJHill.html
- Stanford, Leland (1824-1893)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Stanford__Leland__1824_1893_
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
On May 10th 1869 from Promontory Summit northwest of Ogden, Utah, a single telegraphed word, "done," signaled to the nation the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
www.kued.org/chineseamerican/utah/goldenspike.html
- Iron Road, The
Historical background on the railroad construction and information on the film from the PBS series, The American Experience.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/iron/index.html
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