The Future of America's Past
Transcontinental
3/23/2020 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1869, a golden spike marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
High in the Utah desert in 1869, a ceremonial golden spike marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. On the 150th anniversary of this feat, Ed speaks with a National Park Service ranger, a poet, a descendant of a Chinese American railroad builder, and a Native American tribal leader. Together, they paint a portrait of technological triumph—and its human and environmental costs.
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The Future of America's Past
Transcontinental
3/23/2020 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
High in the Utah desert in 1869, a ceremonial golden spike marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. On the 150th anniversary of this feat, Ed speaks with a National Park Service ranger, a poet, a descendant of a Chinese American railroad builder, and a Native American tribal leader. Together, they paint a portrait of technological triumph—and its human and environmental costs.
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