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Golden Spike National Historic Site

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Golden Spike National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments

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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Golden Spike National Historic Site
Address: PO Box 897
Brigham City, UT 84302
Phone: 435-471-2209;
Fax: 435-471-2341;
Web: www.nps.gov/gosp/
Size: 2,735 acres.
Established: Designated as a national historic site in nonfederal ownership on April 2, 1957; authorized for federal ownership and administration by act of Congress on July 30, 1965.
Location: 32 miles west of Brigham City, Utah, via UT 13 and 83.
Facilities: Picnic area, visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Interpretive and living history programs, auto touring.
Special Features: Completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States was celebrated here where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads met on May 10, 1869, joining 1,776 miles of rail.
See other parks in Utah.
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The centre of this quaint watering hole was once again the railroad station and today it provides a charming break on the journey to the Golden Spike National Historic Site or any of the region's natural attractions such as the massive Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
This is the place for a holiday; Chloe Griffiths is bowled over by ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
From the Great Salt Lake, the tour will take a step back into history at the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit, where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails met to form the nation's first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
Picture yourself in Salt Lake City by Emmerich, Gerald H., Jr. / PSA Journal
The Jetty provides a form of rescue of the time that went into the railroad's construction, and thus poses a monumental rejoinder to the goings-on a few miles away at the Golden Spike National Historic Site [on Promontory Summit].
Angels on the head of a pin by Lyall, Sutherland / The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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