Driving of the first spike for the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad, Atchison, Kansas, December 1865, artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 5, 2015
Depicted ContentAtchison, KS
Depicted ContentRailroads
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engraving
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Driving the first spike on the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad - Sketched by William R. Merrick.
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Harper's Weekly Magazine, January 27, 1866, p. 56.
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