Promontory Summit

THE TRAIN HAD WISTLED THREE TIMES The railroad is a key of our history, it takes place in our movies in our art, what is the Baining ? Have you ever heard someting about the « Promontory Summit Ceremony » ? You don’t, if I am not mistaken. And nevertheless, the May 10 is an important date in our history. In the 19 century, our ancestors hadn’t this thing so useful that we call a plane but they already have the trains. On July 1st, 1862, our ancient President, Abraham Lincoln, signed

Etats-Unis : Le chemin de fer . Le premier chemin de fer transcontinental a été construit aux États-Unis entre Sacramento (Californie) et Omaha (Nebraska), entre 1863 et 1869. La construction s'est officiellement terminée le 10 mai 1869, à Promontory Summit (Utah). Les 3 000 km de voies ferrées permettent de relier le réseau ferré de l'est du pays à la côte Pacifique. Elles révolutionnent la situation économique et démographique de la puissance américaine Témoignage : « les locomotive de notre

télégraphe continental (avec près de 80 000 kilomètres de cables), qui permet une transmission instantanée de l’information, notamment entre les deux côtes du pays. De même, l’achèvement de la ligne de chemin de fer transcontinentale en 1969 à Promontory Summit conduit à une diminution drastique des temps de trajet entre l’est et l’ouest, en passant de plusieurs mois en utilisant des moyens de transports traditionnels à une semaine avec le transcontinental. Cette croissance des transports, combinée

are not as our ways; nor are the models that we frame any way commensurate to the vastness, profundity, and unsearchableness of His works, which have a depth in them greater than the well of Democritus. Joseph Glanville. WE had now reached the summit of the loftiest crag. For some minutes the old man seemed too much exhausted to speak. "Not long ago," said he at length, "and I could have guided you on this route as well as the youngest of my sons; but, about three years past, there happened to

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------------------------------------------------- L'âge du toc (1865-1897)[modifier] ------------------------------------------------- L'expansion territoriale[modifier] Célébration de la jonction du premier chemin de fer transcontinental à Promontory Summit En 30 ans, les Américains réalisent leur « destinée manifeste » et prennent possession de l'immense territoire situé à l'Ouest du Mississippi au détriment des Indiens. Grâce au développement des lignes de chemin de fer, ranchers et farmers nourrissent

him long forgotten. Make a list. Recite a litany. Remember. It was colder. Nothing moved in that high world. A rich smell of woodsmoke hung over the road. He pushed the cart on through the snow. A few miles each day. He'd no notion how far the summit might be. They ate sparely and they were hungry all the time. He stood looking out over the country. A river far below. How far had they come? In his dream she was sick and he cared for her. The dream bore the look of sacrifice but he thought differently

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