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Lincoln passes legislation for the finances for the Transcontinental Railroad
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The first loads of dirt are finally being shoveled
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The first spike is nailed in
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Central Pacific Railroad breaks ground in Omaha, Nebraska
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The union pacific had put advertisements out, they had got only 800 men, they tried to hire confederate prisoners, They had finally decided to hire chinese
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Workers worked through the night to chisel rock, they sped up the process by using nitroglycerin
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The chinese suffered through the "Homeric winter". Carved working cities under the snow
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Collis Huntingston says half a milliion workers come in and work
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The Union Pacific railroad was on the binge of bankruptcy, chinese workers went on strike, They later got a 2 dollar a month raise
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Burlingame treaty is signed
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The Irish taunted the Chinese, The chinese rebelled with a "mysterious explosion'
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The chinese laid 10 miles of track in 12 hours and 45 minutes
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The railways are joined
