Comanche Crossing Historical Society & Museum
Formerly/Also Known As Transcontinental Railroad Museum
56060 East Colfax Avenue
Strasburg, CO 80136(303) 622-4690 info@cchscolorado.com
www.cchscolorado.com If you think the transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Point, Utah, you've been had! While the Utah site is the place where the rails of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met, the actual completion of the transcontinental line didn't occur until August 15, 1870 in Strasburg, Colorado.
Don't believe me? Read the straight dope from Roadside America.
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The white marker designates the place where the transcontinental railroad actually occurred. Photo © James Quirk/Flickr. Used with permission.
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