Riding the Rails West! by Shari https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5 Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-12-21 14:14:31 UTC 2024-11-17 22:35:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/100732699/cc52f33c1f5bdc235d3e8e3d0d925ab3/Briguy.jpeg In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress agreed that a railroad should be built to connect East and West. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217707726 2017-12-21 14:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217707726 Railroad owners drove in golden spike where the tracks from east and west met. As workers watched, they shook hands. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217710125 2017-12-21 14:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217710125 Today, trains carry everything coal. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217711653 2017-12-21 14:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217711653 The trip across the by wagon was hard, long, and dangerous. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217714952 2017-12-21 14:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217714952 The population boomed in western states. And the United States economy grew as people moved westward to the Pacific. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217715951 2017-12-21 14:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217715951 Posters, newspapers and old photographs also give details about events in the past. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217718414 2017-12-21 14:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217718414 This train is a model of an old steam locomotive at the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217720197 2017-12-21 15:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217720197 On may 10, 1869 the tracks were joined at Promontory Point, Utah. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217721947 2017-12-21 15:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217721947 They picked two companies to lay the trains tracks. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217723308 2017-12-21 15:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217723308 But thanks to the transcontinental railroad, many people are living in California today. sbgp03 https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217724472 2017-12-21 15:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sbgp03/z9l3g67rcmf5/wish/217724472