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First Transcontinental Railroad-Western Base of The Sierra Nevada
Haggin Oaks Municipal Golf Course, N side of clubhouse 3645 Fulton Ave, Sacramento,
CA ,
USA
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California State
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On January 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln decreed that the western base of the Sierra Nevada began where the Central Pacific Railroad crossed Arcade Creek. The hardships of railroad construction through mountains resulted in increased government subsidies that gave the company impetus to finish the transcontinental railroad.
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