"How the transcontinental railroad changed American history"

"How the transcontinental railroad changed American history ... " by Larry Wentz, © KTIV, July 29, 2026. (Historical Article with Video)

" ... Patricia LaBounty of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs ... says the then-railroad attorney Abraham Lincoln owned plots of land in Council Bluffs that he acquired as collateral for a defaulted loan. “And he was fascinated by the idea of a transcontinental railroad. In August of 1859, Lincoln rides the ferry, the steamboat up the river from St. Joe and visits Council Bluffs. And while he is here, he is introduced to Grenville Dodge as a young railroad surveyor” ... " [More]

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