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Miniature Gold Spike Souvenir Presented by David Hewes to Benjamin Cox

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In-depth look at the ceremony at Promontory Point upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The author discusses the preparation for the ceremony, the use of four ceremonial spikes, and what became of them. From an article in the California Historical Quarterly by J. N. Bowman.

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