Congress and the American West: The Transcontinental Railroad

"Memorial and Joint Resolution relative to a grant of Lands," February 11, 1858 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

B Extract of letter from Secretary of the Interior regarding where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads will meet in Utah Territory, January 14, 1869 (Section One)
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate

B Extract of letter from Secretary of the Interior regarding where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads will meet in Utah Territory, January 14, 1869 (Section Two)
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate

Joining the tracks for the first transcontinental railway, Promontory, Utah Territory, 1869
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Public Roads

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