The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco,…

June 1876 CE

The Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California via the First Transcontinental Railroad on June 4, 1876, 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

The feat, essentially a publicity stunt, is reported widely in US newspapers.

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San Francisco San Francisco California United States View →

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New York State (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → California, State of (U.S.A.) View → Union Pacific Railroad View → Central Pacific Railroad View → Southern Pacific Railroad View → First Transcontinental Railroad View →

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America's “Gilded Age;” 1876 through 1887 View →

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