Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
Infobox_protected_area | name = Golden Spike National Historic Site
iucn_category = V
caption =
locator_x = 60
locator_y = 63
location = Box Elder County, Utah, USA
nearest_city = Brigham City, UT
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 37
lat_seconds = 03
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 112
long_minutes = 33
long_seconds = 03
long_direction = W
area = 2,735 acres (11 km²)
established = April 2, 1957
visitation_num = 40,156
visitation_year = 2005
governing_body = National Park Service
Golden Spike National Historic Site is a U.S. National Historic Site located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
It commemorates the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad where the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869. The final joining of the rails spanning the continent was signified by the driving of a Golden spike.
The Golden Spike National Historic Site encompasses 2,735 acres (11 km²). In 2002, it received 49,950 visitors. It was authorized as a National Historic Site on April 2, 1957 under non-federal ownership. It was authorized for federal ownership and administration by an act of Congress on July 30, 1965.
In 1978, a general master plan for the site was adopted with the goal of maintaining the site's scenic attributes as closely as possible to its appearance and characteristics in 1869. In 2006, a petition to the Board on Geographic Names resulted in a name change for Chinamans Arch, a 20-foot limestone arch at Golden Spike NHS. Named Chinaman's Arch in honor of the 19th century Chinese railroad workers, the arch has now been officially renamed as the Chinese Arch to mollify sensitivities about the original name (which remains a common usage).
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/gosp/ National Park Service: Golden Spike National Historic Site]
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