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America Needs a Transcontinental Railroad
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The dream of a transcontinental railway dates back to the Civil War. In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, authorizing two railroad companies to lay tracks from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Seven years later, the project was completed when Leland Stanford joined the rails with a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah.
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