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The Transcontinental Railroad

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

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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Transcontinental Railroad word search, free and large-print, where the golden spike, the prairie, and two iron roads became one.

About The Transcontinental Railroad

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

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.

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