- Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
 - Stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad. - Driving the Last Spike
- From the Museum of the City of San Francisco including information on the Central Pacific Railroad's "Big Four."
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- On May 10th 1869 from Promontory Summit northwest of Ogden, Utah, a single telegraphed word, "done," signaled to the nation the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
- Iron Road, The
- Historical background on the railroad construction and information on the film from the PBS series, The American Experience.
- James J Hill and the Building of His Railroad Empire
- Unlike other railroad builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt who built their railroads around a population, Hill built a population around his railroad.
- Stanford, Leland (1824-1893)@
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