On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America\'s first Transcontinental Railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah.
Illustrated with the author\'s carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10, 000 on the crews\' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day..
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America\'s first Transcontinental Railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah