America’s National Parks Podcast
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On May 10th, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, two sets of ordinary railroad tracks met under extraordinary circumstances. Together the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies, building from Sacramento, California, and Omaha, Nebraska, joined to revolutionize travel. Before that day, a single person would pay $1000 to travel from east to west in the United States. On a steam engine train, it only cost $150. More than 1700 miles of track were laid in just seven years, across deserts, over plains, and through mountains. Its completion was one of the most defining moments in our nation’s history.
On today’s episode of America’s National Parks, the Golden Spike National Historical Park, and the nation’s first transcontinental railroad, celebrating its 150th anniversary this May.
Dinosaurs in Situ
Discovering The Bighorn
Changes to Park Passes, Grizzly Attack, Fossil Find, & More | National Park News
All Lincoln All the Time
Hopewell — America’s Newest World Heritage Site
Death Valley Closed for Weeks, Crack in Yosemite, Hiker Found by Webcam, and More | National Park News
Consumption in Mammoth Cave
Riding the Rails to Nature’s Wonders: National Parks by Train
The Secret Spy History of Camp David | Catoctin Mountain Park
2 New NPS Units, Lost in Death Valley, Plane Crash in Denali
Secret Cities
The Importance of...the Butt
The Kennedys and the Promise of a Better Future for Those Living With Disabilities
Yosemite Traffic Nightmare, Slew of Deaths in National Parks
Women Trailblazers of the National Park Service: Stories of Courage and Conservation
Two for the Price of One
National Park News: Pot Farms Keep Cropping Up In Death Valley National Park
Yellowstone After the Floods
Escape from Alcatraz
Lesser Known Founding Fathers
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