Builders of the transcontinental railroad faced geographical obstacles ... Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many workers' lives.

The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...

A number of years ago the two of us flew to Denver, Colorado, to catch Amtrak’s California Zephyr as it headed west. The ...

surrounded by a cheering crowd of railroad workers. But the photo tells an incomplete story: None of the 20,000 or so Chinese immigrants who had risked their lives to blast granite and break through ...

The transcontinental railroad was joined with the driving ... and carried eastward by horse-drawn wagons over the Sierra Nevada," reported History.com. "Supplying the thousands of telegraph ...

Many of America's best outdoor (and, in some cases, indoor) destinations are under the jurisdiction of the National Park ...

There you'll also find intricate dioramas detailing the history of railroad development in the Sierra Nevada region. It's a great spot for history buffs, according to recent visitors, though some ...

There’s a reason some 15 million visitors come to what’s known as the “Jewel of the Sierra Nevada” each year ... City on a ...

I was just a little kid, but I remember him coming down the gangway at my grandmother’s house in his uniform on leave and he ...

Nevada State Railroad Museum will offer free admission from 9 a.m. to ... a 3/4-inch bit of steel to drill as deep and fast as they can in a 4,320-pound piece of Sierra White granite. They have 10 ...

On Oct. 19, amateur, expert and hobbyist geologists will venture to the Sierra Valley and the Lost Sierra as part of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology ... as well as historical mining and ...

Winter snow has finally graced Japan's iconic Mount Fuji more than a month late, breaking the record for the latest date for ...