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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9M_september-1869_Corinne-UT.html
The transcontinental railroad was a commercial link which opened new markets and figuratively untied the nation with bands of rail. Seen here are Union Pacific Railroad fruit cars en route to California to be loaded with perishables for Eastern ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9L_september-1869_Corinne-UT.html
Four months after completion, Promontory was a notorious boomtown composed of hotels, saloons, and gambling tents with a few stores and shops. Transcontinental passengers changed trains here until mid-1870. Many were victimized by resident gambler…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9K_may-10-1869_Corinne-UT.html
With an officer of the Twenty-first U.S. Infantry posed on the completed tracks and men of his regiment behind him, dignitaries of the Union Pacific Railroad stand for a photograph. Dr. Thomas C. Durant, Union Pacific Vice-President, is seen , at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9J_the-last-cut_Corinne-UT.html
By April of 1869, the Union Pacific was working its Mormon and Irish labor forces day and night in order to meet the scheduled deadline for the completion of the railroad. Below you is the last cut made along the transcontinental route. Cuts such …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9I_last-spike-driven_Corinne-UT.html
A rough crowd had gathered at the far set of tracks 15 yards ahead. Six million spikes and six years' work lay behind them. Now, only one section of rails was left undone. The honor of ceremonially "finishing" the Pacific railroad with a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9H_big-fill-trail_Corinne-UT.html
Look down this path toward the sharp V-shaped notch in the shoulder of the mountainside ahead. Walking the Big Fill Trail, you can still see some of the violent fury of the final days of the race to Promontory, carved into unyielding limestone.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DUV_corinne-pioneer-railroad-town_Brigham-City-UT.html
Looking toward the immediate completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad, Corinne Townsite was laid out in the Spring of 1869.Railroad Financiers, Real Estate Promoters, Businessmen & Gambling Sharks, launched a boom to make Corinne the ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B57_chinese-arch_Corinne-UT.html
Ancient Lake Bonneville once covered this area, including the flanks of Promontory Range. The waves washing against the ancient shore eroded fault-fractured rocks, creating the arch in the 300-million-year-old Oquirrh Formation.
More than likel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4S_the-track-that-united-the-states_Corinne-UT.html
A sharp eye can still pick out the marks of early railroad building along this rugged escarpment, even if the original iron rails and timber ties themselves are gone.
These fading remnants tell the story of a daunting engineering challenge&mdas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19NK_the-southern-pacific-monument_Corinne-UT.html
An Icon RestoredIn 1965, the National Park Service assumed ownership of the aging monument, which had been damaged by years of weathering and vandalism. The interior had also been severely damaged by ground water that had wicked up into the monume…