Soldier Summit - A Failed Experiment

Historical marker location:

Soldier Summit, Utah

( Marker is on State Street (Utah Route 6), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2018

Utah was the site of the first-ever transcontinental railroad connection in the United States. The historic meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads took place on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.