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: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
All Aboard Camp Internet for our California Backcountry Railroad Dig ! Today we will be exploring how and where the Central Pacific Railroad was built, who managed the project, and whose labor brought it to become one of the most amazing engineering feats in the history of the United States.

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: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 8:40AM 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

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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

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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

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Dig question #4 - Were these four businessmen millionaires when the project began ? Were they millionaires after the project was completed ? button

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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

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Dig question #6 – What legislation in Washington was passed to fund the railroad’s construction and when? Which President signed the legislation ? button

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Dig question #7 - 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

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Dig question #8 – 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

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Dig question #9 – what happened to the original engineer for the project ? button

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Dig question #10 – read this newspaper announcement of the time and tell us what it says. button

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Dig question #11 – 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

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Dig question #12 - 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

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Dig question #13 – why were people from this specific country hired for the project ? button

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Dig question #14 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

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Dig question #15– 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 button

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Here is the National Park re-enactment of where the two railroads meet with replicas of the orginical locomotives button

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To learn more about the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah head to this button

Victoria3-Ivy: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:16AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1- The engineerer who first concieved of the first railroad was named Theodore Judah.

Victoria3-Ivy: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act, authorizing the construction of the most ambitious project of the century.

Victoria3-Ivy: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6- On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act, authorizing the construction of the most ambitious project of the century.

victoia3-samm: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question# 15:A golden spike is what united the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts

victoria3 Candace: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question #3: The four men included Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins. In California Collis Huntington and Mark Hopkins were partners in a hardware company. Leland Stanford operated a grocery business with his brothers. Charles Croker was a dry goods merchant.

victoria3-Kirsten: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question #9-The original engineer withdrew because he had been called as ruthless as a crocodile.

victoria3-Simon: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig question #4-The four buisnessmen weren't millionares when the project began. They were millionares afterward.

victoria3-Candace: . . . . Mon, Mar 19, 9:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question #5: Leland Stanford was elected govenor of California.

Victoria1 Nicholas: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Answer To Number 1, Judah was a cheif engeneer, he surveyed much of the route over the Sierra Nevada, but had a falling out with his partners.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 1:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Theodore Judah was the first engineer who concieved the first railroad.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 1:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1.Theodore judah was the first engineer who concieved the first railroad.

britt: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 1:57PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 So Theodore Judah was the guy who conceived the railroad.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 1:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2.He went to Sacremento; there was money because of the bankers.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 2:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#11.It was Croker who managed to acually build the train.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 2:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Victoria2-Natalie,Kraetsel,Logan Question#3- Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins were the members of the BIG FOUR... They were in railroad buissiness

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 2:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1.Theodore judah was the first engineer who concieved the first railroad. #2.Theodore went to wasington DC.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 20, 2:02PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3.It was Croker whobuilt it.........michael

Valley View: . . . . Fri, Mar 23, 10:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theodore D.1. Judah was the engineer who conceived of the idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad and surveyed the Sieeras for the best route.

Valley View: . . . . Fri, Mar 23, 10:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. Theodore D.Judah was the engineer who conceived of the idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad and surveyed the Sierras for the best route.

Valley View: . . . . Fri, Mar 23, 11:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2 He went to Sacramento for financial help from four men. They could help because the government helped subsidize the railroad.

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