Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada Many of the horses died

Many of the horses died of thirst within view of the Colorado River

Barriers lifted when the road became a public works project during the depression

and eventually converted the railroad into a tourist line

4 mile hike

This allowed for tours from spring into the early fall season

Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada Many of the horses diedProduct Details 14 x 22 poster Interpretive Copy Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation, the continent was conquered by rail. On May 10, 1869, the ceremonial driving of a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, signaled the completion of Americas first transcontinental railroad. May God continue the unity of our Country, an inscription on the spike read, as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.