US History
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The Economic Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad: $100 Million
OMAHA, July 14 — The iron rails that bind this continent together have a history written in steel,…
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12,000 Chinese Laborers Built Central Pacific Railroad From 1865-1869
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 — The story of America’s first transcontinental railroad is one of steam hammers, summit…
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Congress paved way for transcontinental railroad in 1862
WASHINGTON, July 14 — A century and a half ago, a series of laws reshaped the American landscape,…
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Hoover Dam and TVA tamed rivers, reshaped the American nation
BOULDER CITY, Nevada, July 11 — The Hoover Dam stands as a monument to a particular kind of…
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TVA Transformed Depression-Era South With Dams and Power
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by an act of the U.S. Congress on…
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Engineering the Impossible: How the Panama Canal Was Built
PANAMA CITY, July 10 — The Panama Canal stands as one of the most audacious and strategically consequential…
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Transcontinental Railroad Accelerated Native American Displacement
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The numbers, as ever, tell a brutal technical story. An estimated 30 million bison…
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Promontory Summit’s Golden Spike Ceremony Completed Transcontinental Railroad
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah Territory, May 10 — A single telegraph click changed everything. The message “DONE” flashed across…
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Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864: How Federal Land Grants and
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864 remain among the most consequential federal…
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Transcontinental Railroad’s 1869 Completion Reshaped America Forever
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 accelerated the displacement of Native American…
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Transcontinental Railroad Cost $115M, Transformed Nation
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The transcontinental railroad cost an estimated $115 million to build. That figure, equivalent to…
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Chinese Workers Formed 80% of Central Pacific, Building U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
BEIJING, July 8 — The story of the transcontinental railroad in the United States is often told as…
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Declaration signed, but news of independence took weeks to spread
PHILADELPHIA, July 4 — The first Fourth of July was not a day of celebration at all. Nobody…
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Jefferson’s Legal Training Shaped Declaration of Independence’s Enduring Argument
WASHINGTON — Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Jefferson sat down to write. He was a lawyer.…
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Legal Scholars Reexamine Declaration’s Source Material 250 Years Later
WASHINGTON — Two hundred and fifty years after Thomas Jefferson put pen to parchment, the legal foundation of…
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Pentagon Filing Confirms French Charleville Muskets Outnumbered British Arms
WASHINGTON — The French are coming. Again. A declassified Pentagon filing, reviewed by this reporter, confirms that France’s…
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French Shipment of 100,000 Muskets Aided Revolutionary War Effort
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The French ship Amphitrite docked here in the spring of 1777. Off its decks came…
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