"America at 250: First Transcontinental Railroad had immediate impact on nation that continues to be felt today"

"America at 250: First Transcontinental Railroad had immediate impact on nation that continues to be felt today" by ROB NIELSEN, (Ogden) Standard-Examiner, © Morning Journal News, June 6, 2026. (News Article)

" ... Recently, the Standard-Examiner spoke with Union Pacific Railroad Museum curator Patricia LaBounty and explored the Golden Spike National Historic Park to learn a bit more about this achievement that continues to help bind a nation together. ...

The photograph that didn’t survive: 'The actual photograph that was supposed to show the two executives swinging the spike maul to hammer in that final spike, the negative broke on site ... And so that photograph was lost forever.' ... But that’s what happens when you photograph with glass plates. ... " [More]

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