150 years ago, the battle for transcontinental railroads was that era’s Amazon HQ2

By Jon Talton, The Seattle Times; April 5, 2019

This is a year of momentous anniversaries.

It marks the 50^th year since humans first landed on the moon. Buzz Aldrin, who joined Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 moonwalk, was in Seattle this past weekend and maintains an active Twitter presence. I’ll write about this mighty accomplishment later this year.

Meanwhile, this is the sesquicentennial of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. On May 10^th, 1869, the last spike joined the Union Pacific building from the east with the Central Pacific building from the west at Promontory Point, Utah.

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