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July 24, 2017
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The Railroad Story. Fueled by the California Gold Rush of 1849, the idea for a transcontinental railroad took hold of the American imagination and body politic. Even from the beginning, several problems stood in the way of this dream – …
July 24, 2017
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Oh, Philo, Come on before we go. Hey, I’m in Utah. Don’t begrudge me another Footloose reference even if it’s a bit twisted. The reason I went to the Capitol building was to take a picture of this statue: Why …
July 24, 2017
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Beehive yourself. My next stop was the state Capitol building where I wanted to see one particular statue that I’ll discuss in the next post. If you enlarge the photo below and look at it very very closely you can …