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Lincoln passes Legislation
Lincoln passes legislation for the finances for the Transcontinental Railroad -
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Dirt is shoveled
The first loads of dirt are finally being shoveled -
First spike
The first spike is nailed in -
Central Pacific Breaks Ground
Central Pacific Railroad breaks ground in Omaha, Nebraska -
Chinese are Hired
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 -
Working through the night
Workers worked through the night to chisel rock, they sped up the process by using nitroglycerin -
The homeric Winter
The chinese suffered through the "Homeric winter". Carved working cities under the snow -
More workers
Collis Huntingston says half a milliion workers come in and work -
Losing money
The Union Pacific railroad was on the binge of bankruptcy, chinese workers went on strike, They later got a 2 dollar a month raise -
Burlingame Treaty
Burlingame treaty is signed -
Irish taunt Chinese
The Irish taunted the Chinese, The chinese rebelled with a "mysterious explosion' -
10 miles of track
The chinese laid 10 miles of track in 12 hours and 45 minutes -
Railways joined
The railways are joined
