That group, the Big Four, financed this dream of Theodore Judah who saw it completed by the "Celestials," some Chinese immigrants, before its end at Promontory Point, Utah with the driving of the Golden Spike.
Grenville M. Dodge led the creation of this entity, which was opposed by the Government Bridge. Asa Whitney was one of the first people to propose it, but it was brought to fruition by Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis B. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. That group, the Big Four, financed this dream of Theodore Judah who saw it completed by the "Celestials," some Chinese immigrants, before its end at Promontory Point, Utah with the driving of the Golden Spike. Name this transportation network, constructed from 1863 to 1869, by Central Pacific and Union Pacific that connected the coasts.
Grenville M. Dodge led the creation of this entity, which was opposed by the Government Bridge.
First {Transcontinental Railroad} [or {Pacific Railroad}; or {Overland Route}]