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O! Golden Spike, Unite These States!

It was this week in history that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, joined together with a golden railroad spike. On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rai… more →

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Review of "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

polemicscat wrote 1 week ago: Every person you meet on the street knows a great deal about Abraham Lincoln.  But most of what the … more →

Tags: Book Review, high tariffs, internal improvements, international-war-crimes, national bank system, war against American Indians, War Between the States

O! Golden Spike, Unite These States! — 4 comments

Mark Graves wrote 4 months ago: It was this week in history that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, joined together with a … more →

Tags: Rail Life, Photography, Travel, Central Pacific, freight hopping, golden spike, hobos, Promontory Utah, Railroad History

O! Golden Spike, Unite These States! — 4 comments

Mark Graves wrote 4 months ago: It was this week in history that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, joined together with a … more →

Tags: Rail Life, freight hopping, hobos, tramps, Photography, golden spike, Promontory Utah, Union Pacific, Central Pacific

The 1,000-mile tree in Weber Canyon, Utah — 2 comments

brianbutko wrote 8 months ago: The Lincoln Highway often followed the course of the Transcontinental Railroad out west, mostly in s … more →

Tags: Highways, Roadside, Travel, History, Transportation, Devil's Slide, Railroad, Tree, Utah

The Civil War as Revolution - Part III

Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: [Note: This post is part of a series on The Civil War as Revolution which is available at the follow … more →

Tags: barrington moore, Civil War, James McPherson, Revolutionary, Alexander Gardner, American Civil War, Civil War as revolution, Devil's Den, Gettysburg


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