Wednesday, May 08, 2019

"A hike along a record-breaking 10 miles of track of the first transcontinental railroad"

"A hike along a record-breaking 10 miles of track of the first transcontinental railroad" by Agnes Constante, © nbcnews.com, May 2, 2019. (News Article)

" ... for Jack Shu’s 67th birthday, he decided he wanted to go on a 10-mile hike in northern Utah. ... On April 28, 1869, a team of Irish and Chinese immigrant workers laid down a record-breaking 10 miles and 56 feet of railroad track on America's first transcontinental railroad, which connected the country from east to west. ... " [More]

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