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A 43-foot-tall Golden Spike has been commissioned by the Golden Spike Foundation to honor the tens of thousands of railroad workers who built the transcontinental railroad. The public art piece - Golden Spike Monument - was welcomed to its home in Utah with two days of fanfare and celebration on Monday and Tuesday. Today we’ll hear from USU History Professor Ross Peterson and Golden Spike Foundation President Robyn Kremer.
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When the last tap pounded the Golden Spike into place, the telegraph operators standing alongside tapped out the word DONE. Whistles blew and hats flew through the air – the Transcontinental was done but railroading in Utah had really just begun.
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One year ago, Tim savage walked into the UPR recording booth at Promontory Summit and told us how he and his father-in-law, a lifetime steam engineer, had…
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Tune in to Utah Public Radio on May 10 - the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad - for the premiere of the UPR original…