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__ The Union Pacific __ · Director: Grenville Dodge · Built westward from Omaha, Nebraska · Workers: ·  Problems: o Blizzards o Heat o Angry Native Americans o Labor o Money o Engineering

“Everything—rails, ties, bridging, fastenings, all railroad supplies, fuel for locomotives and trains, and supplies for men and animals on the entire work—had to be transported from the Mississippi River.” -Grenville Dodge, //The Growth of the American Republic//

· Workers: o Civil War veterans o Irish immigrants o Miners <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Farmers <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Cooks <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Adventurers <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Ex-convicts

__ The Central Pacific __ <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· Director: Theodore Judah <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· Built eastward from Sacramento, California <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· Four major stock holders: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Leland Stanford <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Charley Crocker <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Mark Hopkins <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o Collis P. Huntington <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 18.0ptmso-bidi-font-weight; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofontkerning: 18.0ptmso-bidi-font-weight;">Problems: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o All equipment shipped either around Cape Horn or over Panama <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· Workers: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofontkerning: 18.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o About 10,000 Chinese ($1.00 a day)

__ The Last Spike __ The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in only four years. The Central Pacific laid 688 miles of track total, while the Union Pacific laid 1,086 mile of track. On May 10, 1869, everyone met at Promontory Summit, Utah. There, 5 gold and silver spikes were hammered into the final rails that would join the two companies’ tracks. After Leland Stanford pounded the last spike, the news was spread across the nation and many places celebrated.