The first U.S. transcontinental railroad, completed with a spike hammered into the track in 1869, transformed the nation. Perhaps the same will happen on the moon. The Defense Advanced Research ...

When the signal from the spike came through, the cannons fired. The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage.

More than 1,500 laborers, at least 1,000 of whom were Chinese, under the direction of former Central Pacific Railroad worker ...

Josh Dubbert, a historian from the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, will discuss the legacy of Currier and Ives during a free talk on March 30.