American Experience: Scouting the Route
near the Great Salt Lake, Utah
We saw some big cuts at the north end of the Great Salt Lake, not far from the Promontory meeting spot. This one is near the place where the UP and CP grading crews had crossed and were grading two separate lines side by side.
Go West Go East

In the Sierra Nevada, California Donner Lake, California Western Nevada desert Western Nevada desert Eastern Nevada desert Eastern Nevada desert near the Great Salt Lake, Utah Promontory Summit, Utah Ogden, Utah Echo, Utah Piedmont, Wyoming Piedmont, Wyoming near Green River, Wyoming near Green River, Wyoming Point of Rocks, Wyoming Sherman, Wyoming Dale Creek, Wyoming Dix, Nebraska Julesburg, Colorado Roscoe, Nebraska North Platte, Nebraska Brady, Nebraska Shelton, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska