Message Transmitted: Transcontinental Railroad Completed [otd 05/10]

On May 10, 1869, telegraph operators clattered a message all around the United States, East and West: “D-O-N-E”. That signaled the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The story of the vast national changes the rail line caused has been told and retold, in grand scale.
Meeting of the railroads, 1869. National Park Service.But perhaps no other region, not directly on the new tracks, felt that impact as much as Idaho. Even before the Golden Spike Ceremony, the station at Winnemucca, Nev...