On those final weeks in Utah we also drove out to explore the northwest. That's where we ran into the Golden Spike National Historic Site. This is the spot on Promontory Point that the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads met to complete the transcontinental railroad. The info sign there says it was May 9th 1869, the GSNHS website says it was May 10th 1869. We were there May 11th 1985. There actually was a Golden Spike Ceremony, but it was soon followed by a Last Spike Ceremony when a regular iron spike was driven. Luckily for us and the Jeep there was a jeep trail around the park.
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