May 10, 2014 was the 145th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory, Utah. The ceremony celebrated the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads to complete the transcontinental railroad in 1869. There was a wide range of events and articles sparked by this anniversary, many of them highlighting the work of the Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project.
May 2014: Golden Spike Ceremony
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