We stopped @ Promontory Point where the railroads from the East & West met.
There is a special railroad tie placed there to commerate the final one.
At the ceremony to complete the railroad, a solid gold spike was driven in a hole already made so the spike would not be ruined. The spike was later removed to a museum @ Stanford University in California. Gov. Stanford provided a great deal of money to finance the railroad.
The Steam Locamotive also moved up and down the tracks as a demonstration.
Idaho is really beautiful. We ate Kentucky Chicken @ the River Run Park just below the Idaho Falls Temple. It was a beautiful evening.
Mike in front of "Old Faithful" just before it was going to shoot!
There she blows!
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