Local historians will share the story of Union Pacific Railroad’s decision to end 108 years of service between Echo and Park ...

William Rigby hid in a dugout on his Utah farm about a half mile from his house. It was April 1886, and the 53-year-old man ...

First Union Pacific Rail laid in Omaha.

Complete Guide to Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah including things to do, history, camping and lodging nea ...

EXTENSION ACTIVITY: Students can compare and contrast the Chinese worker experience building the transcontinental railroad with another immigrant group experience. Students could do more research into ...

Little puffs of smoke drifted skyward from the stack of the brightly painted Jupiter steam locomotive, its red, blue and gold trim gleaming beneath the desert sun. The engineer leaned out of the cab, ...

Our first lecture was ‘A Tale of Two Ski Towns,’ which was about Ketchum, Idaho, and Park City, in which the towns were served by the Union Pacific,” Nicholas said. “In February this past year, we did ...

Anyone attending the Durham Museum south of Omaha’s Old Market will be near the one-mile marker for the Union Pacific ...

House ex. doc. 56, and Senate ex. doc. [no number] The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer Department. The volumes dealing with the soil, ...