Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Golden Spike, 1869" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Iron Road, Overland Road, Pacific Railroad, railroad, spike.
Search phrases such as Union Pacific Railroad with the proximity search to find the words Union, Pacific and Railroad all within 5 words of each other.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1862 to 1869.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Pacific Railroad Bill"
The Smoky Hill and Republican Union (Junction City, KS), July 12, 1862, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Completion of the Pacific Roads to Be Celebrated"
The Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia, PA), May 7, 1869, Fifth Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"The Pacific Railroad"
The National Republican (Washington, DC), May 11, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"The Marriage of Oceans"
The Sun (New York, NY), May 11, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Iron Band"
Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), May 12, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
"The Completion of the Pacific Railroad"
The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC), May 12, 1869, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2.
"Pacific Railroad"
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN), May 13, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"The Road That Is Built"
The Montana Post (Virginia City, MT), May 14, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"Linking Ocean with Ocean"
The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC), May 18, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"The Last Rail"
The Highland Weekly News (Hillsborough, OH), May 20, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Rivet the Last Pacific Rail!"
The Fremont Weekly Journal (Fremont, OH), May 21, 1869, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Ceremonies on Laying the Last Rail"
The Weekly Arizonian (Tucson, AZ), June 5, 1869, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"History of Driving the Golden Spike as Recorded at the Time in Utah"
The Ogden standard (Ogden, UT), May 9, 1919, LAST EDITION - 3:30 P.M., Image 18, col. 2.

Golden Spike (1869): Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America