Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad (Golden Spike, 1869)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:artifactsFound	gptkb:Silver_Spike gptkb:Laurel_Tie gptkb:Golden_Spike
gptkbp:commemorates	gptkb:Golden_Spike_National_Historical_Park gptkb:Golden_Spike_ceremony annual reenactments
gptkbp:date	May 10, 1869
gptkbp:enables	faster movement of people and goods across the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad (Golden Spike, 1869)
gptkbp:impact	accelerated westward expansion displacement of Native American tribes boosted U.S. economy
gptkbp:keyFigure	gptkb:Leland_Stanford gptkb:Grenville_Dodge gptkb:Thomas_Durant gptkb:Samuel_S._Montague
gptkbp:labor_force_included	gptkb:Chinese_immigrants Irish immigrants Civil War veterans
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Promontory_Summit,_Utah_Territory
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	telegraph announcement sent nationwide
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:relatedEvent	completion of the Overland Route
gptkbp:resultedIn	coast-to-coast rail travel in the United States
gptkbp:significance	linked the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads
gptkbp:symbolizes	driving of the Golden Spike
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Box_Elder_County
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6