The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
-- John Moody
   
John Moody   Name:
John Moody
Type:
Businessman
Nationality:
American
Birth:
1868
Death:
1958
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