10 May 1869
Transcontinental Railroad
Stanford participates in the ceremony linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Promontory Summit in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Stanford participates in the ceremony linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Promontory Summit. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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