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By the summer of 1867, the race to build the Transcontinental Railroad had entered a new phase.

In the west, the Central Pacific Railroad had conquered the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

The route through the mountains had been scouted by Theodore Judah, a civil engineer and visionary. Sadly, he died before a single

rail was laid. But his vision carried on through his investors, the Big Four. In particular,

Charles Crocker heavily involved himself in overseeing construction.

By his side was James Strobridge, the construction foreman.

Together, they hired an army of Chinese workers to battle freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches,

and formidable granite walls. For two long, grueling years, they chiseled, hammered, and blasted their way through the mountains.

And in August 1867, they defeated the Sierras and rolled down toward the high desert of Nevada.

1,000 miles to the east, the Union Pacific had crossed the plains of Nebraska,

but their progress had been delayed not just by weather or terrain, but by greed.

At the center was Thomas Durant.

Durant was both the vice president of the Union Pacific and the man who controlled Credit Mobilié, the

shell company that controlled the money.

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