1869 ⟶ First Transcontinental Railroad Completed
First transcontinental railroad completed in United States o...
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🐎 Pony Express Begins Operations
The Pony Express started.⟶
TransportationCommunicationWestward ExpansionAmerican WestInfrastructure
United States🚂 First Transcontinental Railroad Completed
First transcontinental railroad completed in United States on 10 May. – United States⟶
RailroadTransportationInfrastructureWestward ExpansionAmerican Civil WarEconomic DevelopmentManifest Destiny
United States👖 Invention of Blue Jeans and Barbed Wire
Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.⟶
InventionsIndustrial RevolutionWestward ExpansionAgricultureMaterial Culture
United States📞 First Commercial Telephone Exchange Established
First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut.A barricade in the Paris Commune, 18 March 1871. Around 30,000 Parisians were killed, and thousands more were later executed.⟶
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United States🚊 Articulated Trams Introduced in Boston
The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway.⟶
TransportationUrban DevelopmentPublic TransitInfrastructure
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