Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada and construction teams nearly 20

and construction teams nearly 20 years to complete Mather’s vision of what became Glacier’s Going-to-the-Sun Road

The reality of driving into the alpine landscape finally emerged in July 1966 with the completion of the 12-mile road known today as Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive

Many of the horses died of thirst within view of the Colorado River

A dry desert teeming with wildlife and dense plant life

4 mile hike

Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada and construction teams nearly 20Product Details 14 x 22 poster Interpretive Copy Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation, the continent was conquered by rail. On May 10, 1869, the ceremonial driving of a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, signaled the completion of Americas first transcontinental railroad. May God continue the unity of our Country, an inscription on the spike read, as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.