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At the ceremony for the driving of the Golden spike | " Last Spike " at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869

Golden spike that was donated by the governor of Arizona Territory.

The " Golden Spike " ( aka " The Last Spike ") is the ceremonial final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.

On the same day as the premier of the movie, a still standing gold-colored concrete spike called the " Golden Spike Monument " and measuring some in height was also unveiled at 21st Street and 9th Avenue in Council Bluffs, IA, adjacent to the UP's main yard, the location of milepost 0. 0 of that road's portion of the Pacific Railroad.

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While the Union Pacific line had been declared finished in 1869 with the Golden spike event in Utah, linking it with the Central Pacific Railroad, passengers were required to disembark the train and cross the Missouri River at Omaha by boat.

The Golden spike event in Utah the previous year had marked the linking of the Union Pacific with the Central Pacific Railroad, but until 1872, passengers on the Union Pacific were required to disembark between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to cross the Missouri River by boat.

In 2012, Golden Point's merits were again being debated when Australian rugby league broadcaster, the Nine Network's director of sport said " there is a definite spike in the viewing audience when there is golden point.

It is usually marked as the first day of " Golden Week ", a week-long holiday period.

Immediately after, he received several marks of distinction: he was made President of the Accademia di San Luca, the main artistic institution in Rome, and by the hand of the Pope himself his name was inscribed in " the Golden Volume of the Capitol ", and he received the title of Marquis of Ischia, with an annual pension of 3000 crowns.

" The Golden Ghetto: The Grand Concourse in the Twentieth Century ", Bronx County Historical Society Journal 2004 41 ( 1 ): 4 – 18 and 2005 42 ( 2 ): 80 – 99

He espoused the well-known principle " Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself ", an early version of the Golden Rule.

Large races became popular during the 1890s " Golden Age of Cycling ", with events across Europe, and in the U. S. and Japan as well.

Earning the distinction of being one of the first white artists to appear on the US variety show Soul Train, Bowie mimed " Fame ", as well as " Golden Years ", his November single, that it was offered to Elvis Presley to perform, but Presley declined it.

Thus began what is now often called " The Golden Age of Hollywood ", which refers roughly to the period beginning with the introduction of sound until the late 1940s.

The 1990s and 2000s are considered to be " Japanese Cinema's Second Golden Age ", due to the immense popularity of anime, both within Japan and overseas.

As a concept, the Golden Rule has a history that long predates the term " Golden Rule ", or " Golden law ", as it was called from the 1670s.

* " High Anxiety ", The Golden Girls episode

This period is most widely regarded as " The Golden Age of Hi-Fi ", when tube equipment manufacturers of the time produced many models considered endearing by modern audiophiles, and just before solid state equipment was introduced to the market, subsequently replacing tube equipment as mainstream.

" Promise Me You'll Remember ", his contribution to the Godfather III soundtrack, was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991.

This event marked the beginning of the period known as " Golden Liberty ", when the state was ruled by the " free and equal " Polish nobility.

The Second Order was not, properly, part of the " Golden Dawn ", but a separate Order in its own right, known as the R. R.

By saying " between anchorages ", the bridge could be considered longer than the Golden Gate Bridge and also longer than the suspended western section of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge.

It was then part of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna ( changing name to Chrysopolis, " Golden City ", probably due to the presence of the imperial treasury ) and, from 569, of the Lombard Kingdom of Italy.

Medley also had solo success: In 1984, he scored country hits with " Till Your Memory's Gone " and " I Still Do " ( which crossed over to the adult contemporary charts and later became a " cult " hit with the Carolina Beach / Shag dance club circuit ); and in late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes — "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life ", which appeared on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing — topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture ( for the three songwriters, which did not include Medley ) as well as a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ( which, of course, did ).

Lardner went on to write such well-known stories as " Haircut ", " Some Like Them Cold ", " The Golden Honeymoon ", " Alibi Ike ", and " A Day with Conrad Green ".

Arizona State Route 68 runs through the heart of Golden Valley, connecting it to Kingman and Bullhead City, which lie on each end of the route.

The Golden Gate is the North American strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.

Similar to Shakyamuni Buddha, Atiśa was born into royalty ; the palace in which he was raised, aptly named the Golden Banner Palace, " had a golden victory banner encircled by countless houses and there were great numbers of bathing-pools encircled by 720 magnificent gardens, forests of Tal ( Borassus flabellifer ) trees, seven concentric walls, 363 connecting bridges, innumerable golden victory banners, thirteen roofs to the central palace and thousands of noblemen ".

* The Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean in the United States, named after the Golden Gate ( Latin: Porta Aurea, Greek: Χρυσή Πύλη, Chrysē Pylē ) of Constantinople ( now Istanbul ), and also after the Golden Horn, an estuary on the Bosphorus in Istanbul

The following routes as managed by Network Rail as part of the Great Western Main Line ( Route 13 ): Didcot to and Worcester via the Cherwell Valley Line and Cotswold Line, Swindon to via the Golden Valley Line, Swindon to and via the South Wales Main Line, Cross Country Routes south of Birmingham and also all connecting branch lines.

* May 24 – Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, near Falkirk, Scotland, is opened by Elizabeth II as part of her Golden Jubilee.

The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting India's four largest metropolises: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thus forming a quadrilateral of sorts.

As of 2006, there are extensions of the Burke-Gilman Trail at its western end: connecting the short and long segments between the Ballard Locks and 11th Avenue, and a northern extension along Shilshole Bay from NW 60th Street to Golden Gardens Park, and planning for connecting between the Ballard Locks and downtown Ballard at 11th Avenue NW and NW 45th Street.

Golden Gate Transit bus routes 40 and 42 provide public transportation across the bridge, connecting El Cerrito del Norte BART and Richmond BART / Amtrak ( 42 only ) stations and other locations in Richmond with San Rafael Transit Center and other locations in San Rafael.

Nailed the Golden Spike in Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869, connecting the Union Pacific tracks to the Central Pacific Railroad.

Originally founded in the Colorado Territory in the wake of the Colorado Gold Rush to ship gold from the mountains, it eventually expanded from its initial Golden – Denver line to form a crucial link connecting Colorado with the transcontinental railroad and the national rail network.

On January 1, 1868, construction at last began on the first line connecting Denver and Golden.

The Glendale Freeway runs through the neighborhood, connecting with the Ventura Freeway to the north and with the Golden State Freeway to the south and terminating shortly thereafter at Glendale Boulevard.

NDA started off the Golden Quadrilateral road network connecting main metros of Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata.

The Golden State route had the disadvantage of having a weak connecting and somewhat over-extended granger line ( the Rock Island ) serving farmland shippers, combined with the prosperous ( and dominant ) Southern Pacific who also had the Overland Route from San Francisco to Chicago as almost direct competition.

Other through sleeping car routes on the Golden State included Chicago – Kansas City and Chicago – San Diego ( via the Southern Pacific and their subsidiary, San Diego and Arizona, connecting at Yuma, Arizona ).

Over the years, connections were made with through sleeping cars from Memphis and Little Rock to Los Angeles, generally connecting with the Golden State.