Theme Stream 5/10/23- Episode 213: The Last Spike

May 10, 1869 – The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory SummitUtah Territory with the golden spike.

Bed music: Dream Trains by Andy Summers, from World Gone Strange (1991)

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