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Golden Spike State Monument is coming to Brigham City in 2026 to honor the workers who built the transcontinental railroad.
Admission to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts during “The Race to Promontory” Tickets • $17.95 adults; $14.95 seniors; $14.95 ages 6-18; free for children under 6, UMFA members, University of ...
Complete Guide to Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah including things to do, history, camping and lodging nea ...
“Dot, Dot, Dot. Done!” That message, sent 150 years ago Friday by telegrapher W.N. Shilling from Promontory Summit, Utah, set off celebrations as the driving of the Golden Spike completed the ...
A century before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, America was abuzz with news of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, an equally momentous feat for that era.
The Golden Spike and the Nevada Spike are usually on display in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University; the Arizona Spike has been on loan from the Museum of the City ...
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah — Next week, Utah will celebrate the 152nd anniversary of one of the greatest accomplishments in American history. Golden Spike National Historical Park in Promontory ...
At the 149th Anniversary Celebration at Promontory Point in 2018, those celebrating began a countdown to this year's 150th anniversary. (Spike 150) The 150-year Golden Spike anniversary celebrates ...
Placing the famed Golden Spike, the last spike completing America’s first Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, symbolized a new era for the country, a united ...
The Arizona spike, right, is displayed next to the famed golden and Nevada spikes at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City on Jan. 31, 2019. All three were driven at Promontory Summit in ...
One hundred thirty-seven years ago this month, Leland Stanford drove a ceremonial golden spike into a polished railroad tie at Promontory Point, Utah, to mark the completion of America's first ...
PROMONTORY SUMMIT — Actors, historians and members of the public are gathering at Promontory Summit to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike. Friday’s events are the latest in a ...