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Related Historical Markers
By Barry Swackhamer, August 27, 2014
Last Spike Driven Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Utah, Box Elder County, Corinne — Last Spike Driven — Noon…Monday…May 10th, 1869 —  |
| A rough crowd had gathered at the far set of tracks 15 yards ahead. Six million spikes and six years’ work lay behind them. Now, only one section of rails was left undone. The honor of ceremonially “finishing” the Pacific railroad with a . . . — — Map (db m80931) HM | |||
| 2 ► Utah, Box Elder County, Promontory Summit — Golden Spike — National Historic Site — |
| "The last rail is laid, the spike is driven. The Pacific Railroad is completed." Here at Promontory, Utah, at 12:47 P.M. on May 10, 1869, the driving of a Golden Spike completed the first Transcontinental Railroad. Climax of a dramatic . . . — — Map (db m133654) HM | |||