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Theodore Dehone Judah convinced four Sacramento merchants that his railroad plan was practical and enlisted their help. Ground was broken for the railroad on January 8, 1863, and Judah died on November 2, 1863. The road was built past this site, over the lofty Sierra along the line of Judah’s survey, to a junction with the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, where the “last spike” was driven on May 10, 1869.
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