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Updated: 8 Dec 2017
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Asa Whitney sent memo to congress to start a railroad to the Pacificcongress authorized surveying for railroadland is surveyed for railroadThe united states governmet offically started helpping build the railroadlabor shortages leads to the employment of the chinesecongress allows the central pacific to build east of californiacentral pacific railroad reaches nevadacentral pasific reaches Reno, Nevadaunion pasific reaches wyomingtranscontinental railroad was finished in Promontory, UtahGold rush in Calofonia started which led to the high demand for a railroad to transport goods like goldone of the main holders of the central pacific dies of yellow fevercental pacific railroad is formedPeriods
made deals with the Omaha, Oto and Missouri, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Delaware and Shawnee Indians for there land
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