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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

elleng

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1. Probably not a coincidence, important date in U.S. history:

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 10:23 PM

Apr 2013

The "Golden Spike" (also known as "The Last Spike"[1]) is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike

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Probably not a coincidence, important date in U.S. history: elleng Apr 2013 #1

+1 pinto Apr 2013 #2