Ryan HiteFeb 12, 2025

🚂 The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, revolutionizing travel in the U.S. But behind the triumph lay corruption, tragedy, and sacrifice.

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The Transcontinental Railroad: America’s Greatest Engineering Feat—and Its Dark History

Explore the incredible story of the Transcontinental Railroad—its ambitious construction, fierce competition, immigrant labor, and the tragic cost of progress.

Ryan J. Hite
JoeJoe MexicoNov 26, 2022
"Jefferson, for example, who in 1807 instructed his Secretary of War that any Indians who resisted #AmericanExpansion into their lands must be met with "the hatchet."