ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On this episode of Our American Stories, before America had coast-to-coast rail lines, four men risked everything to make it possible. Known as the Big Four, they built the Central Pacific Railroad and played a crucial role in completing the first transcontinental railroad. Historian Roger McGrath shares how Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and Mark Hopkins changed the course of American history with steel, vision, and sheer determination.
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Speaker 1: This is Lee Habib and this is our American Stories. Before the advent of the Transcontinental Railroad, a journey across the continent meant a dangerous six month trek over rivers, deserts, and mountains. Alternatively, a traveler could hazard a six week free voyage around Cape Horn or sell to Central America and cross the Isthmus of Panama by rail, risking exposure to any number of deadly diseases in the crossing. This is the story of the men known as the Big Four who incorp…
Speaker 1: This is Lee Habib and this is our American Stories. Before the advent of the Transcontinental Railroad, a journey across the continent meant a dangerous six month trek over rivers, deserts, and mountains. Alternatively, a traveler could hazard a six week free voyage around Cape Horn or sell to Central America and cross the Isthmus of Panama by rail, risking exposure to any number of deadly diseases in the crossing. This is the story of the men known as the Big Four who incorp…
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