Why The First Transcontinental Railroad Transformed America

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• IT

  @ITSHISTORY · 2 years ago · pinned

  To clarify: Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.

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• KA

  @kandipiatkowski8589 · 2 years ago

  I had the opportunity to visit Promontory Point in Utah for the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. I went with my ex-husband. We made better friends than spouses. His obsession with trains and my love of history met perfectly in this subject.

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• BA

  @Backroad_Junkie · 2 years ago (edited)

  Huh. &nbsp;Been advocating this for a while. &nbsp;The Transcontinental Railroad was probably one of the most transformative inventions/events in US history.<br><br>Highly recommend, &quot;Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869&quot; , by Stephen Ambrose. &nbsp;It&apos;s a great, detailed read about the creation of the route and railroad.

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• LO

  @Locomotion4449 · 2 years ago

  You should have mentioned that Cheyenne has the Biggest Operating Steam Locomotive in the World, the 4014 Big Boy

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• RE

  @reluctantanorak · 2 years ago

  At 25 minutes the image of Summit tunnel is actually one in England built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway between 1839 and 1841, then the longest railway tunnel in the world. It is still in daily use after surviving a massive fuel tanker fire nearly 40 years ago.

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• ST

  @stephenspilker9334 · 1 year ago

  they built some railroads in amazing places. I miss the days when you could go damn near any place in the country by rail.

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• MT

  @Mtlmshr · 2 years ago

  I acquired a piece of RR track dated 1911 in Sonoma California. And honestly as a metal fabricator I can tell you it’s some pretty good steel! But you can see the wear on it from all the trains that went over it!

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• NE

  @nedhedrick5752 · 2 years ago

  Excellent job covering a massive amount of history in 28 minutes!

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• MA

  @Mark-Lebowitz · 2 years ago

  This was an unusually long video for this channel, and but still needed to be in order to do justice to a topic about which volumes have been written. Beautiful job, Ryan!

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• KA

  @Kafj302 · 2 years ago

  I am like number 100. this channel has become one of my favorites. throughout school HATE, and i mean Despised history class with a passion. With the Turn of the internet and video content, history suddenly has become interesting, and enjoyable to watch. maybe that was the problem, it was the medium in which i was taught history, now with the rise of well made AND documented videos i find it a pleasure to sit here and watch.

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• FU

  @FutureRailProductions · 2 years ago

  Actually it was Promontory Summit not Promontory Point. Promontory point refers to the southernmost tip of the Promontory mountains touching the Great Salt Lake.<br><br>It&apos;s a common misconception due to a news reporter who showed up after the ceremony and said Promontory Point in his article.

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• JE

  @jerrysinclair3771 · 2 years ago

  Great stuff, Ryan!!!

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