Author Archives: Peter Blodgett
Peter Blodgett is the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History at The Huntington.
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In January of 1851, John R. Fitch, a gold prospector, penned these words to his brother: "The wear and tear of the mines is very great."
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It has been 150 years since eastbound and westbound railroad tracks first met at Utah's Promontory Summit, the culmination of many years of planning
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