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 ...

are hereby created and erected into a body corporate... by the name... of "The Union Pacific Railroad Company"... ; and the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out ...

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 ...