Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
IMPORTANT – please be sure to post the NUMBER of the question you are answering at the beginning of your answer. And try to always answer in full sentences – not just the answer, but the answer as part of a full sentence. This helps us understand what you are posting an answer to.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #1 – Who was the engineer that first conceived of the railroad and then surveyed the Sierras to find the most likely passage to the east ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #2 – When this engineer couldn’t find financial backers in Washington DC, or in San Francisco, what city did he go looking for backers in ? And why was there any money for investments in the city he chose ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #3 – What are the names of the four men who became the Central Pacific Railroad backers ? And what types of businesses did they run in California ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #4 - Were these four businessmen millionaires when the project began ? Were they millionaires after the project was completed ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #5 – In order to make sure the project was supported in California, one of these Big Four was elected to become California’s Governor. Which One ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #6 – What legislation in Washington was passed to fund the railroad’s construction and when? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #7 – which President signed the legislation ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #8 - This federal funding would pay the Big Four different dollars per mile of track laid, depending on if it was in the Central Valley or the Sierra Nevada mountains and backcountry. Which location were they paid the MOST to lay track through ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #9 – In order to get paid the most, the Big Four arranged to have the point where the Sierras begin re-surveyed in the hopes of gaining more money by being shown to have laid more track in the mountains. What was the result of this survey ? And how much extra money did the survey results bring them ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #10 – what happened to the original engineer for the project ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #11 – read this newspaper announcement of the time and tell us what it says. button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #12 – who managed the day-to-day operations of actually BUILDING the railroad ? Read both of these to find out the answers please. button and button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #13 - who was hired to provide the intense labor of carving out the path of the railroad from solid granite, and to lay the track through the backcountry ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #14 – why were people from this specific country hired for the project ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #15 read of the amazingly hard work they had to perform, then chose one of their remarkable efforts and describe it to us here in the Dig. button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 7:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #16– Once they made it through the California Backcountry and headed east across Nevada and Utah, what was the meeting place where the western and eastern lines of track were to meet ? And what action symbolically united the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts at this meting place ? button

Breana @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Who was the first person who started the ralroad?

aileen @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
theodore judah

Alyissa@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodore Judah

phillip@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
theodore judah

Samantha @ monror: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q;2 the city:Sacramento they just didn't have a nofe money to pay them too!

Chloe @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For question #1 Theodore D. Judah

Chloe @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Sacramento and between foothill for #2

Alyissa@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The city sacrament, they just have a note moneyto pay them too!

aileen @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
the city sacramento,they just have a note money to pay them too.

Chloe @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #3 Collis Huntington,Leland Stanford,Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins were building The Central Pacific Railroad

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome Monroe Students - glad to see you exploring Railroad history. Did you get the old spike we sent you ?

Phillip@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodor.D.Judah

Julio @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodore D.Judah

aileen @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
collis hantigon, leland stanford. charls crokers, and mark hoptins. they where parties in a city hard where store.

Samantha @ monror: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q:3,Collis Huntigton,Leland Stanford,Charls Crockers,and Mark Hopkins. They wher partners in a city hardware store.

Chloe @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #4 they were not millionares yet

`Alyissa@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
They were not millionares yet.

Chloe @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #5 Leland Stanford became Californias Governer

aileen @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
they where not millioners yet

Julio @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodore D.Judah

Samantha @ monror: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q:4 When they started they had a little bite of money but when they finished they had alot of money.

aileen @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
leland stanford californeos goverment

Phillip@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Sacramento - the men had made money in businesses.

Julio @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 9:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Sacramento the men had made money in businesses

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#1:Theodore Judah

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q1: Theodore Judah.

Komani@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer. Theodore Judoh

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#2:Sacramento and they didn't have enofe.

Kalee @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
for #1 is Theodore Judah

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

christina@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:41AM PST (-0800 GMT)
for #1 is Theodor Judah

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#2:Sacramento and they didn't have enofe.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 answer Sacramento and they didn't have enofe

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#3:Collis Hutington,Leland Stand Ford,Charles Crockers,and Mark Hopkins. They where partners in a hard ware store.

christina@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:44AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Socramento he tured to four weathy merchens.

Kalee @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
SACRAMENTO did't have enore

christina@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Leland stanford, collis Huntington.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#4:They were millionairs before and after the project was comolete.

daniel@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
theodor judah

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 answer Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#3:Collis Hutington,Leland stand Ford,Charles Crockers and Mark Hopkins. They where partners in a hard ware store.

Kalee @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Leland stanford collis huntington

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#5:Leland Stand Ford.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 ANSWER They were millionairs before and after the project was comolete.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 answer Leland Stanford.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#4:They were millionairs after the project.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

christina and kalee @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 They were well to do before and after the project was comolete

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#5:Leland Stand Ford.

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 10:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 answer Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford,Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins.

christina and kalee @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 it is because the four men and they were wellto do

christina and kalee @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Leland stand ford

christina and kalee @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Leland stand ford

daniel@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#2 sacramento and a foothill town of folsom

Luziano @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#7:Abraham Lincoln

Alexis@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#7:Abraham Lincon.

christina and kalee @monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 Answer Collis Huntington Leland Stanford Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins

Steven@Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#10:He got yellow fever and died

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:22AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For Q 1. Theodore D. Judah

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodored. Judah

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For Q #2 New York or Boston.

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
New York or Bostin

GLORIA@16: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question#1 MR.THEODORD.JUDAh

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #3 Collis H. and Mark H. worked at a hardwere store. Leland S. and Charles C. worked at a grocery store.

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #4 Yes, and No.

Brittney @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theadore Judah was the first to concieve the railroad and survey the Sierras to find the most likely passage to the east.

Loren @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 answer Theodore Judah was the frist to concieve the railroad and survey the sierras to find the most likley passage to the east.

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Collis Huntington, leland stanford, Chailes crocker, and mark Hopkins big four and all the rest of them opnd a hrduar stor

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Yes and No

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #5 Leland Stanford Jr.

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Lenland stanford Jr

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:41AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #6 1862

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:41AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #6 1862

Loren @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
New york and, Bosten

Brittney @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
New York and Boston

: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
charles crooker

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #7 Charles C.

GLORIA@16: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:44AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Q#2Judah knew that the big four would not turn him down and the big four peopole had jobs

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:44AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #8 Sacramento

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Sacra Mento

candy@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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For #6 1862

Loren @ monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Collis Huntington,Leland stanford,Charles crocker, Mark hopkins ins, Huntington and hopkins were partners in a hardware company,stanford operated a grocery business with his brother. and crocker a dry goods percant.

Brittney @ Monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins Huntington and Hopkins were partners in a Hardware Company. Stanford operated a grocery business with his brothers and Crocker was a dry goods merchant

nicky@monroe: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 11:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For #9 Taken over position of california gonver

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For #9 Taken over position of california Goveriner