The First Transcontinental Railroad Story

When two events finally finished in the 1860s in the United States, few doubted that the country would ever be the same again. One event was the U.S. Civil War and the second was the first transcontinental railroad, which was soon followed by four more transcontinental railroads.

It was originally called the Pacific Railroad and later the Overland Route but we know it better today as the first transcontinental railroad. It was perhaps the most important single event that brought the railroad...