Feb 8, 2025 · One of the greatest technological achievements of the 19th century is the completion of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. Visitors to the park …

Both the spike and the maul are wired to the transcontinental telegraph wire so that the entire nation can hear the blows as the spike is driven. Now ladies and gentlemen, the time has …

A Reenactment Script for the Golden Spike Ceremony. Adapted For Use By School Groups. Grades 7-9. Cast of Characters. Narrator: Telegrapher, Mr. W. N. Shilling ... The golden spike …

Sep 2, 2023 · Golden Spike National Historical Park cordially invites the public our Annual Railroaders Festival on September 2nd, 2023. This event will celebrate railroad and frontier …

May 4, 2024 · Join Golden Spike National Historical Park May 10th and 11th for the commemoration of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. Hear the incredible stories of …

May 10, 2024 · Join Golden Spike National Historical Park May 10 th and 11 th for the commemoration of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. Hear the incredible stories of …

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On May 7 and 10, 2022 Golden Spike National Historical Park will commemorate the 153rd anniversary of this momentous event. On May 10, 1869, locomotives from the Central Pacific …

Reenactment . NPS Photo. Summer Saturdays Living History Demonstration of the Last Spike Ceremony Join us from Memorial Day Weekend through the last Saturday of Labor Day …

In keeping with long standing tradition local volunteers preformed a reenactment of the driving of the ceremonial last spikes that marked the completion of the railroad connecting the east and …