Wednesday, May 08, 2019

"The meaning of the Transcontinental Railroad"

"The meaning of the Transcontinental Railroad" by Bill Oudegeest, © Sierra Sun, May 3, 2019. (News Article)

" ... TRIUMPHANT COMPLETION ... now that the mass of our people can stop to reflect upon the Grand results which has caused such vast rejoicings over the State within the past week, we shall all begin to see and feel the full value of our State, to Our Country, and to the World, the boundless good which has been achieved for us all by the Grand, Triumphant and Gloriously successful COMPLETION OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. (California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, May 13, 1869) ... " [More]

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