Go behind the scenes and listen to the chief curator at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum discuss this exhibit of Hart and Russell photos from the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. You’ll also see the original golden spike and learn about the other ceremonial spikes used on May 10, 1869, that are now on display for the first time together!
The Race to Promontory
By Steve Sweeney | December 11, 2018
| Last updated on November 7, 2022
Actors surround a steam locomotive at the Golden Spike National Historic Site for a dramatic recreation of the driving of the last spike on the Transcontinental Railroad.
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