The golden spike ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 finalized the completion of the transcontinental railroad. |
Most of the workers that built the transcontinental railroad were Chinese immigrants. When these workers were not working on the railway, they spent their time at their base camp which was near Kelton, Utah in the Dove Creek Basin which is not far from Promontory Point. Thousands of Chinese workers died while laboring on the transcontinental railway. Some claim their souls remain and let themselves be known. Read the full story>>