Item Detail
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2876
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English
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First Transcontinental Railroad in Picture and Story
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Our Pioneer Heritage
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1969
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12
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285-340
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"Thus the Deseret News of May 12, 1869, announced the finale of one of the greatest accomplishments as yet conceived and performed by mankind. At one and the same time, the great event marked the end of one era and the beginning of another, for no longer would slow-moving wagons pulled by lumbering oxen need to travel the weary, mountainous trail to carry pioneers and their endless burdens westward. Strong and determined men - sometimes lacking the money and brawn to carry on - had nevertheless hewed the iron road over paths marked by their own sweat and blood. Hundreds of Latter-day Saints trained through years of unceasing toil to be master laborers; thousand of Chinese, Irishmen, Scandinavians, and Negroes working for near starvation wages, completed the gigantic task, paving the way for phenomenal growth in the United States of America. It is an exciting story!" [Author]