Reno was founded in 1868 during the construction of this railroad that was moving east to link up with the Union Pacific
... Ogden, Utah, 
52 1/2 miles east of Promontory Summit, the CPRR was 742 miles long, ... At 
Omaha you take the Union Pacific road to Ogden, and thence the Central Pacific 
...... During the period of construction, Charles Crocker virtually gave up letter 
writing,... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of the Pacific Railway - The Transcontinental Railroad [PAR] By the 1840s, the nation's railway networks extended throughout the East, ... 
During the 1850s, Congress sponsored numerous survey parties to ... and the 
Central Pacific construction crews began building the line east from Sacramento 
... From the east, the Union Pacific completed its line through Wyoming and was 
moving... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline .