CSPAN3 American History TV September 8, 2014
It was constructed in 1886 and 1887. A portion of the west wing has been converted to a Railroad Museum basically. It is a historic structure in cheyenne. It is the crown jewel of cheyenne as a landmark. The Pacific Railroad act was signed by Abraham Lincoln in july of 1862. The plan for Pacific Railroad had been on the drawing boards for a number of years prior to that. The civil war came about. That delayed construction of the railroad. There was a lot of political pressure where the southern congressmen wanted the route to go along the south and the northern congressmen wanted to go north. ...