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1st Transcontinental Railroad is Completed
On May 10th, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Companies met at Promontory Point, Utah and Leland Stanford hammered in the Golden Spike that joined the two railroads, which now connected the east and west coasts of the United States. -
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Indian Wars
The US Army fought the tribal Indians, demanding they move on to reservations so that whites could settle land in the Great Plains
