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''[[United States|United States ]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] > [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] > [[US Migration Railroads|Railroads]] > [[First_Transcontinental_Railroad]]'' | ||
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When the railroad was completed between Omaha and Sacramento, rails did not completely span the continent until the year after the spike was driven. A trestle had to be built between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to connect to eastern rail lines that reached Atlantic ports. Also a line had to extend beyond Sacramento to San Francisco, California at the Pacific Ocean. | When the railroad was completed between Omaha and Sacramento, rails did not completely span the continent until the year after the spike was driven. A trestle had to be built between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to connect to eastern rail lines that reached Atlantic ports. Also a line had to extend beyond Sacramento to San Francisco, California at the Pacific Ocean. | ||
=== Websites === | |||
*The [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/index.html Transcontinental Railroad ]movie, photos, interactive map, and more. From ''The American Experience''. | |||
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=== Books === | |||
*Ambrose, Stephen E. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. | |||
*Andrist, Ralph K. ''The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians''. New York, NY Macmillan Company 1964. | |||
*Bain, David Haward. ''Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad''. New York: Penguin Putnam Books, 1999. | |||
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