Friday, May 10, 2019

First Last Spike History


Today is the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, at some place in Utah.  (What, you thought the CPR was the first.)  Lawyers, Guns, and Money is on the story, incidentally noting the nefarious role of TransCanada Pipelines (currently changing its name to plain TC) in criminalizing infrastructure protests.
 
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