Special Report on Promontory Summit, Utah (Golden Spike National Historic Site)
Utley RM. 1960. Special Report on Promontory Summit, Utah (Golden Spike National Historic Site). Santa Fe, NM
Within a matter of months after introduction of the first steam locomotive to the United States, far-sighted men conceived the idea of a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific. During several decades of debate on the subject, a railroad network spread over the East and Midwest to the Mississippi River. A railroad to connect this network with the West Coast became a great public issue in the mid-19th century. Those who advocated the road appreciated its necessity and clearly foresaw its immediate benefits to the nation. but only a few, and they but vaguely, understood the vast influence the Pacific Railroad would have upon the continental development of the United States.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Utley, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1960-02
- Units
- GOSP , HIST
- Keywords
- American West , Central Pacific Railroad Company, Construction, Cultural Resources, Culture, Development, economic development, ehistory, Engineering, History, Railroad, railroad construction camps, Settlement, transcontinental railroad, Union Pacific, Utah, Utah