This day in history - May 10, 1869: Completion of the first transcontinental railroad, linking east and west

By Richard K. Barry

On this day in 1869, that famous golden spike was driven into the ground at Promontory Summit, Utah, symbolizing the completion of a key piece of infrastructure central to the prosperity of a growing nation.

Investment in key infrastructure. We should have more of that sort of thing.

(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)