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Marvin, who drove the Golden Spike in 1865 ?
That would be the ceremonial last spike of the Transcontinental railway?
Who usurped the honor?
Thanks Kojak & Linus Both answers are to the point, Thank You!
Marvin is another on the site that misses the point or spike.
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So many versions of recent history?
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- KojakLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Governor Stafford of California representing the Central Pacific Railroad, missed on his first try.....gave it a tap on his second try....The Vice President of the Union Pacific, T.C. .Durant drove the second spike
Three spikes were donated....one gold by California; One Iron by Arizona; One silver by Utah. The last tie was California laurel
Did not know it was usurped.....Who was supposed to drive the spike?
....and my name is not "Marvin"
- ahsoasho2u2Lv 78 years ago
The Last Spike (The Golden Spike) was driven in Promontory, Utah on May 10th,1869, by the Hon Leland Stanford..
- Linus UppLv 68 years ago
Jesse James. He robbed the Glendale train that was delivering the Golden Spike.
An iron one was quickly painted gold but nobody wanted to take part in a farce and the two lines were left separate so they built a town around it and they called it Mobile.
- ManofthewestLv 58 years ago
That's an interesting question, but had he been alive, Abe Lincoln should have had that honor. It was his foresight (and treasury) That ( plus some speculators) made it possible to go from Omaha to San Francisco in six days instead of 3 months.
