Ep. 8 Historic Golden Spike (trains and railroads)

Come visit the site where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads joined their tracks to create the Transcontinental Railroad route. A billion dollar dream turned reality for the United States and the progress of westward expansion

[@CaseysOffRoadRecovery]

We did the Golden spike commemorative wagon trip! It was pretty fun

[@Roadsidehistory]

Pretty cool place to visit- the museum on site is really cool

[@angelamadsen416]

Interesting! I didn’t know that towns had popped up along the way to support the workers.

[@Roadsidehistory]

Yes they did- they became known as “hell on wheels” towns. Pretty rough places but naturally other communities sprang up along rail stops because people needed supplies, hotels, etc at the many stops along the way

[@kevindaly2985]

Repeat after me: "Prah-mon-tor-ee"