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The Transcontinental Railroad

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A few of the words

PROMONTORY
Promontory Summit, Utah is where the two railroads met on May 10, 1869 — a spot so remote it took years to build a proper road to it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPIKE
The ceremonial golden spike was made of 17.6-karat California gold and is now on display at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CHINESE
An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Chinese laborers built much of the Central Pacific's route, including the harrowing tunnels through the Sierra Nevada.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TELEGRAPH
The moment the spike was driven, a telegraph operator sent a single word — 'Done' — and cities coast to coast erupted in celebration.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven into a laurel tie at Promontory Summit, Utah, and the telegraph carried the news in an instant to a waiting nation. Two railroads had raced toward each other across the continent — the Union Pacific pushing west from Omaha through open prairie, the Central Pacific clawing east over the granite heights of the Sierra Nevada. The work was brutal and brilliant: Chinese laborers tunneled through solid mountain rock while Irish crews laid miles of track across the Great Plains, binding a fractured country together with iron and will.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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