The Transcontinental Railroad was revolutionary;
traveling 3,500 miles in three days was spectacular for America. The same travel
before the Transcontinental Railroad was three months of anguish, dealing with Indians,
starvation, and severe natural conditions. The railroad would unite our Country
as one.
Beginning in
1863, the Transcontinental Railroad was being built. In building the railroad
they had to overcome many encounters such as money problems, getting through
the mountains, hazardous working conditions, etc. Although of their hardships, the Transcontinental
Railroad was completed in 1869.
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