Utah will mark the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad with gatherings, plays, music, film screenings and fireworks around the state this week. On Friday, Jupiter and No. 119 ...

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed 150 years ago, in 1869. In 1800s America, some saw the railroad as a symbol of modernity and national progress. For others, however, the Transcontinental ...

Transcontinental railroad is completed, May 10, 1869. ... prepared the first maps and reports describing the topography of the trails and passages from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. ...

A map of the Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway that runs through the original route of the transcontinental railroad in northwestern Utah. (Photo: Bureau of Land Management) ...

There are still many artifacts from the first transcontinental railroad left behind out in the vast western desert of Box Elder County. But last week\u2019s fires are a reminder that pieces of its ...

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was like to work on the railroad at the time. The ...

Marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, a critical episode in the development of the American West, Hidden Workers focuses on the forgotten Chinese workers ...

Participants walk across what used to be a railroad bridge on Saturday, May 4, 2019, on the Transcontinental Railroad route in Terrace. SAMANTHA MADAR, Standard-Examiner 10 / 19 ...

Railroad officials and employees celebrate the completion of the first railroad transcontinental link in Prementory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. The Union Pacific's Locomotive No. 119 (right) and ...