Re: [CBQ] Hannibal & St. Joseph Bridge over the Missouri River 1869

["Joel McCurry via groups.io" <mtnsouth=aol.com@groups.io>]

Comanche Crossing (now Salsburg), CO was where that spike was driven on 15 August 1870. It took a while to get across Kansas for financial reasons.

Joel McCurry

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Subject: [CBQ] Hannibal & St. Joseph Bridge over the Missouri River 1869

Thank you for anyone of you who may answer my inquiry. I'm thankful to have found this portal for sage advice!

I know that the “Golden Spike Ceremony” at Promontory Summit, Utah, took place May 10, 1869.

Looking closer, that event conjoined San Francisco and Omaha.

So, for the line to have been complete coast to coast, the Missouri River FIRST had to be bridged.

The Missouri River was bridged at Kansas City and celebrated on July 3, 1869.

 

Q: Would not the last tie on that bridge…and more specifically the spike holding the last rail in place on that bridge…have been the actual, “last spike” of the Transcontinental Railroad?

 

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