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Timeline of the Transcontinental Railroad
Created by
Hector Rodriguez
⟶ Updated 12 Nov 2019 ⟶
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Events
Theodore Judah passes away from Yellow Fever
The Union Pacific Railroad company reaches their first 1,000-mile mark
Congress picks Promontory Summit, Utah to be the location where both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad companies would meet
Both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad Companies meet at Promontory Summit, Utah and complete the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Periods
Gold was found in California
The Gold Rush
Some time in the late 1850's Theodore Judah comes up with an idea to create the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Theodore Judah founds the Central Pacific Railroad Company
The Union Pacific Railroad Company helps the Central Pacific Railroad Company to complete the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Congress signs the Pacific Railway Act allowing construction of the Transcontinental Railroad to begin
First Day of building the Transcontinental Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad Company starts construction in California
The Union Pacific Railroad company stars construction in Omaha, Nebraska
