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Title: The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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e officer at Promon-tory said : We have got done praying, the spike is aboutto be presented. Chicago replied: We understand, all areready in the East. From Promontory Point. All ready now;the spike will soon be driven. The signal will bethree dots for the commencement of the blows For a moment the instrument was silent, andthen the hammer of the magnet tapped the bell,one, two, three, the signal. Another pause of afew seconds, and the lightning came flashingeastward, 2,400 miles to Washington; and theblows of the hammer on the spike were repeatedinstantly in telegraphic accents upon the bell ofthe Capitol. At 2.47 p. m., Promontory Pointgave the signal, Done ; and the great Amer-ican Continent was successfully spanned.Immediately thereafter, flashed over the line,the following official announcement to the As-sociated Press: Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10.—The LAST RAIL IS LAID ! THE LAST SPIKE IS driven! The Pacific Railroad is Com-pleted ! The point of junction is 1,086 miles west
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THE GREAT RAILROAD WEDDING.1.—Driving the last Spike. 2.—Union of the East and West. 3.—First Whistle of the Iron Horse. 166 of the Missouri River, and 090 miles east of Sacra-mento City. Leland Stanford, Central Pacific Railroad. T.C. DURANT, ) Sidney Dillon, > Union Pacific Railroad.John Duff, ) Such were the telegraphic incidents that at-tended the completion of the greatest work of theage,—but during these few expectant moments,the scene itself at Promontory Point, was veryimpressive. After the rival engines had moved up towardeach other, a call was made for the people tostand back, in order that all might have achance to see. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr.Todd of Massachusetts. Brief remarks werethen made by General Dodge and GovernorStanford. Three cheers were given for theGovernment of the United States, for the Rail-road, for tlic Presidents, for the Star SpangledBanner, for the Laborers, and for those respec-tively, who furnished the means. Four spikeswere then fur

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