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A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike celebration, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, passed through Utah’s House Natural Resources,…
Read MoreAs millions of Americans alternate between their online and offline personas, they’re likely unaware of the origins of these decidedly contemporary terminology. "Online” and “offline”…
Read MoreAs Utah celebrates the sesquicentennial of the first transcontinental railroad, a bill working its way through federal channels could turn the historic site where the…
Read MoreUtah's Governor Gary R. Herbert held a press conference last week to announce not-to-miss musical headliners, performances that will be a part of the Spike…
Read MoreDid you know Promontory Point, Utah was the setting for the meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads 150 years ago? To celebrate…
Read MoreThey’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial spikes that helped celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, now reunited in Utah for the…
Read MoreWith a flurry of activity and celebrations associated with Spike 150 approaching, Gov. Gary Herbert declared 2019 the “Year of the Train” during a Friday…
Read MoreThe Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and the Utah Symphony will present the 2019 O.C. Tanner Gift of Music Concert on Friday, May 10, in the…
Read MoreOn the Gregorian calendar, it is 2019. On the Chinese calendar, in a few days it will be the year of the earth pig. In…
Read MoreFor the full month of February, the Salt Lake County Library, Stanford University, and the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendents Association will be celebrating the 150th anniversary…
Read MoreThe accounts vary as to exactly how many people attended the merging of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit in northern…
Read MoreEvery summer, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, thousands of people attend re-enactments of the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Utah’s Golden Spike National…
Read MoreWeber State University Special Collections will presents the Whistle Stop Tour, a series of lectures and exhibits dedicated to sharing the 150-year history of the…
Read MoreComposer Zhou Tian took in the sights and sounds of the Union Pacific Museum in Council Bluffs Saturday as he works on a piece commemorating…
Read MoreGold Mountain, a musical drama, is coming to Utah to mark the sesquicentennial of the Transcontinental Railroad and celebrate the unsung contributions of the 11,000…
Read MoreThe numbers make your head hurt. No, not the numbers from the government shutdown and its impact on the country. It's the 150-year lifespan of…
Read MoreUtah State University’s Brigham City campus is offering a lecture series about the transcontinental railroad, coinciding with Spike 150, a celebration of the railroad’s completion…
Read MoreTwo of three new exhibits highlighting different aspects of the transcontinental railroad are now open at the Utah Capitol, part of Utah's Spike 150 initiative.
Read MoreLast fall, a call for art was issued, with the intent to award five artists $1,000 each to create or perform works of art within…
Read MoreA float representing the upcoming 150 year anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory, Utah, made its way down Tremont Street in…
Read MoreThe sesquicentennial of the driving of the Golden Spike is still more than four months out, but folks from the Utah State University library are…
Read MoreContrary to a long-held urban legend, there probably isn’t a mass grave of Chinese railroad workers buried in a small section of the Brigham City…
Read MoreThe first transcontinental railroad was established at Promontory Summit in the Utah territory on May 10, 1869.
Read MoreOgden City hopes a captive audience with Union Pacific’s top executives will help push forward their plan to redevelop the Union Station.
Read MoreTake a look through two centuries of incredible engineering progress
Read MoreThe renderings show the two stylistic concepts for wayfinding signage Weber County officials propose placing in the Ogden Valley to guide visitors to key tourist…
Read Moreby Tim Gurrister, Utah Life Keith Buswell was as excited as any boy might be 50 years ago at the prospect of meeting movie icon…
Read MoreUtah Symphony | Utah Opera is adding its music and voices to next spring’s 150th-anniversary celebration of the Golden Spike, building the organization’s annual Cultural Festival…
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