From an historical sign near Strasburg,
Colorado:
THE
RAIL CHAIN'S FINAL LINK
PACIFIC
ATLANTIC
A CONTINUOUS CHAIN OF
RAILS FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC - A LONG VISION OF PIONEER RAILROADERS
AND FRONTIER FARMERS - BECAME REALITY AT 3:00 P.M. ON AUGUST 15,
1870. AT A POINT 3,812 FT. EAST OF THE DEPOT IN WHAT NOW IS
STRASBURG, COLORADO. NEAR COMANCHE CROSSING, NAMED FOR A USUALLY
DRY, SOMETIMES RAMPAGING CREEK, THE LAST RAILS WERE SPIKED BY KANSAS
PACIFIC RAILROAD CREWS DRIVING WEST FROM KANSAS AND EAST FROM DENVER
TO GIVE THE NATION ITS FIRST TRULY CONTINUOUS COAST-TO-COAST
RAILROAD. ON THE FINAL DAY THE CREWS LAID A RECORD-BREAKING 10 1/4
MILES OF TRACK IN 9 HOURS TO WIN A BARREL OF WHISKEY WHICH CANNY
FOREMEN HAD PLACED MIDWAY IN THE FINAL GAP.
ERECTED BY THE UNION
PACIFIC COMPANY IN COOPERATION WITH COMANCHE CROSSING HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
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