my assigned blog is over the railroad.
-in 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies
-it linked the railroad from the east to the west.
-the two companys "raced" towards eachother for the next 7 years.
-they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
-americas first steam locomotive made its debut in 1830
-settlers began to move west across the US that movement became a lot more popular as gold was discovered in California.
-the journey was very rough and took nearly 6 months to complete.
- they risked getting many diseases on this journey. like yellow fever.
-Theodore Judah identified the Donner Pass in northern California.
-Donner pass was where a group of westward emigrants had become trapped in 1846
-each company recieved 6,400 acres of land
-later it doubled to 12,800 acres
-they also got $48,000 in government bonds for every mile of track built
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