Asa of Judah

The transcontinental railroad was a massive achievement for our country; its many accomplishments included expanding settlement, providing valuable jobs, and spurring immigration. Before the railroad was constructed, settlements were mostly established on the east coast. There were, however, a few settlements out west as a result of the California Gold Rush, but there was nothing in between. Traveling the 2,000 miles to California from the eastern region of the United States took five hard and…

Hartwell Carver’s mind until Asa Whitney and Theodore Judah continuously worked towards creating the Railroad. As a result of Congress giving grants to railway companies, Carver, Whitney, and Judah were able to make plans for the Transcontinental Railroad. There were hundreds of train tracks connecting and intersecting the Northern and Southern United States, however…

create a railroad stretching from the east coast to the west coast, a transcontinental railroad. One of the first people to try for the transcontinental railroad was a merchant named Asa Whitney around eighteen thirty. He failed to get congress to pass an act regarding this. In the eighteen sixties, Theodore Judah tried again and found a passage the railroad could be built on. The length in total was one thousand seven hundred and seventy six miles long. A journey that took longer than four…