Reno was founded in 1868 during the construction of this railroad that was moving east to link up with the Union Pacific
The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad 
through uninhabited ... construction, while a part of general management of a 
railroad, ... of the p137Central Pacific, and snow fences on the Union Pacific, .... 
On the open plains east of the Sacramento Valley and from Reno... [DOC] [TLE] Crockermmm [PAR] On July 1, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the (1)Pacific Railroad Act, 
authorizing the ... southern route and made it more imperative to connect 
California with the Union.