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May 10 – Completing the Transcontinental Railroad
by Darren Cole on May 10, 2011
Golden Spike ceremony; 16-G-99-1-1 (ARC ID 594940), Still Picture Records; Photographs and other Graphic Materials; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; Record Group 16; National Archives.
On May 10, 1869, in a ceremony at Promontory, Utah, the last rails were laid and the last spike driven, completing the first transcontinental railroad through the United States.
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Jim Zeender May 10, 2011 at 9:40 am
Then 2nd Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. See ReDiscovery # 20418 for the Minutes of the first day of business and # 11590 for a list of delegates in attendance.