Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada A dry desert teeming with

A dry desert teeming with wildlife and dense plant life

The rough terrain

The towering peaks are complemented by beautiful blue-green waters that invite all to linger

and eventually converted the railroad into a tourist line

Many of the horses died of thirst within view of the Colorado River

Golden Spike Trains Poster Nevada A dry desert teeming withProduct Details 14 x 22 poster Interpretive Copy Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation, the continent was conquered by rail. On May 10, 1869, the ceremonial driving of a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, signaled the completion of Americas first transcontinental railroad. May God continue the unity of our Country, an inscription on the spike read, as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.