Governor Leland Stanford certainly drove in one, but there may have been more than just one Golden Spike.
Donald A. Smith
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific built the transcontinental railroad and when it was finished, a golden spike was nailed when it was finished to celebrate the event.
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The Transcontinental Railroad stated from Sacremonto California and Western sides of the United States and met in Promontory Summit, Utah. That is also where they drove the golden spike into the ground.
Promontory Point, Utah
It depends on which railroad your talking about. Leland Stanford drove the Golden Spike on the Transcontinental Railroad. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah.
Governor Leland is important because he drove the last spike (The Golden Spike) to complete the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869!
The golden spike was famous for finishing the transcontinental railroad in America.
Donald A. Smith
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
A golden spike was a railroad spike used in celebrating the wedding of the rails.
The railroad spike used in celebrating the wedding of the rails was the golden spike.
The last golden railroad spike is at Promontory, Utah May 10, 1869,as the Union Pacific Tracks joined the Central Pacific railroad tracks
The golden spike was used to mark the completion of the transcontinental railroad in the celebration at Promontory, Utah
The golden spike that was used to mark the completion of the transcontinental railroad in the celebration at Promontory, Utah is in the Stanford Museum in Stanford, California. There is a second golden spike that was not used in the celebration at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California.
No. Leland Standford drove the last spike into the first transcontinental railroad.
leland standford put the golden spike into the railroad in Utah