The two great enterprises by which the year 1869 will be distinguished in history, are the Union Pacific railroad and the Suez canal. The colored mechanics of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland ...

Construction got a slow start in Omaha, Nebraska, eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. By April 1864 the jubilance of groundbreaking had long ago faded into the ether. Chief engineer ...

Scene in the New York Gold room during the excitement of September 24th, 1869. Library of Congress ... Within five years, he controlled the Union Pacific Railroad. Gould went on to control ...