Track reached the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. and on May 10. 1869. at a Gold Spike ceremony at Promonotory in the Utah Territory the rails of the West were joined with those of the East to form the first continuous link of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. By early in this century. in the space of a single lifetime. rail lines interlaced the Nation coast to coast. The railroads not only had hauled us swiftly and literally into the "Industrial Age." they also had brought in and helped to settle millions of the immigrants who changed and invigorated the diverse society which has become America. And. in the course of it. created a legend which forms an indelible part of our national heritage. Railroad passenger stationsthey are being restored in some citiesgave us a new form of architecture.
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