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	Promontory Point, Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Promontory Point is a locale in southern Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41° 13′ 20″ N, 112° 24′ 38″ W, with an elevation of 1285 meters (4217 feet) above sea level.
		Promontory Point is also the cape where this place is located, centered approximately at 41° 12′ 18″ N, 112° 25′ 43″ W, with an elevation of 1309 meters (4297 feet) above sea level.
		Promontory Point is, however, on the later Lucin Cutoff, built to bypass the Summit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Promontory_Point,_Utah (161 words)

	Promontory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower laying land or a body of water (example: Crown Point, Oregon).
		Especially: (a) the projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra ; (b) a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
		A place called Promontory Point, Utah is on Promontory Point, a cape jutting out into the Great Salt Lake.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Promontory.html (343 words)

	EducationPage
		Any discussion of the Promontory community must first come to some satisfactory conclusion as to where and what is "Promontory." On the map, Promontory is the name given to a range of mountains that runs from the Utah-Idaho border country south, eventually extending into the Great Salt Lake to form a 30 mile-long peninsula.
		Promontory was the affirmation of national greatness, not to mention the repository of that democratic raucousness that was already part of Western Myth.
		Promontory Station was essentially a railroad work camp, however it did serve as the commercial center and focal point of the surrounding rural community.
	www.nps.gov /gosp/research/promontory_hist.htm (10884 words)

	Encyclopedia: Promontory Point, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promontory Point is a locale in southern Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41° 13′ 20″ N 112° 24′ 38″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=41_13_20_N_112_24_38_W_), with an elevation of 1285 meters (4217 feet) above sea level.
		The term promontory has several similar meanings in English, including geographical names: A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e.
		Promontory Point is also the cape where this place is located, centered approximately at 41° 12′ 18″ N 112° 25′ 43″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=41_12_18_N_112_25_43_W_), with an elevation of 1309 meters (4297 feet) above sea level.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Promontory-Point,-Utah (576 words)

	Promontory, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This promontory is actually visible from the hill behind the ranch...where an entire armada of these magnificent monuments sail grandly in formation to the south.
		This view is of the foremost promontory, off of a utility road paralleling the highway, where I could paint the sunset colors in peace.
		I believe the promontory is called "Diana's Throne." The entire area has this beautiful coral pink sand; in fact, nearby the sand drifts into dunes at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
	www.artbypentecost.com /Promontory.html (82 words)

	Promontory Utah and the Nation's railway uniting
		The historic events in Promontory, Utah when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met to unite the nation with the first transcontinental railroad.
		One of the most dramatic events in the history of human achievement was the meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869.
		The fanfare revolving around the meeting of the railroads at Promontory, Utah was equivalent to the public reaction to the Moon landing of a hundred years later in 1969.
	mo.essortment.com /promontory_raic.htm (806 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		Historians agree that the driving of the golden spike marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on 10 May 1869 was one of the most important events in United States history, as it was also in Utah history.
		The growth of a network of railroads in Utah began with the completion of the Utah Central between Ogden and Salt Lake City in January 1870, and with the start of construction of the Utah Southern south from Salt Lake City in May 1871.
		Utah Copper, along with Boston Consolidated, and later Ohio Copper Company, soon developed the methods of mining and milling that were needed to make the mining of the low-grade ore profitable.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/r/RAILROAD.html (5120 words)

	Promontory, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promontory is a location in Box Elder County Utah centered approximately at 41°37'07"N 112°32'51"W with elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level.
		Promontory was the site of temporary city during and shortly after the construction of the railroad but this was then dismantled and then Promontory has had no permanent population.
		Rails east to Promontory the Utah stations (SuDoc I 53.22/2:8/994)
	www.freeglossary.com /Promontory%2C_Utah (494 words)

	Utah
		The state known as Utah began when Brigham Young led a group of Mormon pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into the Great Salt Lake Valley, where they established a settlement in 1847.
		The golden spike completing the first transcontinental railroad line was driven at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, leading to a further influx of settlers.
		Utah was admitted as the 45th state in 1896.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ut (123 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Project XL Site-Specific Rulemaking for the Autoliv ASP Inc. Facility in Promontory, Utah
		The EPA the state of Utah and Autoliv expect this XL project to result in superior environmental performance while providing cost savings and paperwork reduction for both Autoliv and the state of Utah.
		(5) The Utah Division of Air Quality under authority delegated by EPA has agreed that a separate Approval Order will be issued for the pyrotechnic waste disposal process which will serve as an amendment to the existing Approval Order which covers the current operation of processing airbag inflators and their components.
		Utah has received authority to administer most of the RCRA program; thus, authorized provisions of each state's hazardous waste program are administered in lieu of the federal program.
	www.epa.gov /EPA-WASTE/2001/May/Day-09/f11670.htm (7577 words)

	The Chinese at Promontory, Utah, April 30 - May 10, 1869
		The Central Pacific had completed laying track to Mile Post 690 at Promontory on April 30th, 1869 and Superintendent J.H. Strobridge moved his camps back to Victory away from the bars, gambling tables and violence that was prevalent in the new town of Promontory.
		The Union Pacific track forces were still twelve miles from Promontory, held up by the 485' long "Big Trestle" and the long rock cut located a few miles east of the junction point.
		They were part of the track crew that had been planned to lay a permanent siding and claim Promontory as the Central Pacific terminus however the U.P. had worked all night and beat the C.P. to that claim.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/Chinese_at_Promontory_ETS.html (955 words)

	History Page
		Promontory Summit in northern Utah has experienced a rich, colorful history, yet it remains a paradox.
		Promontory Summit, half way between the two companies' end of track, was decided.
		As a result of this inaccurate reporting, most people today, more than a century later, still believe the rails were joined at Promontory Point, as this falsehood is repeated by the media, printed on postcards, souvenirs, in several articles, and even textbooks, and prsented in history class lectures.
	www.nps.gov /gosp/history/GSNHS_hist.html (933 words)

	EducationPage
		Stansbury mentions at this point on the Promontory Mountains was a well used Indian trail they decided to camp near it and follow it to were on his previous trip he had found several small springs.
		I would say that the Promontory band was under the leadership of Chief Sagwitch Timbimboo and the Grouse Creek band under the leadership of Chief Pocatello in 1869.
		In the early 1900s: "The Promontory Mountains and valleys became the range for great herds of horses, a crossbreeding of Stanford's racing stock with the mustangs and Indian ponies that were already running in the area.
	www.nps.gov /gosp/research/AIndian_prom.htm (4994 words)

	Promontory, Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at 41° 37′ 07″ N, 112° 32′ 51″ W, with an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level.
		Important note: The location of the Golden Spike is sometimes erroneously identified as Promontory Point, which is, however, a different location at the southern tip of a peninsula in the Great Salt Lake, and a point on the later Lucin Cutoff.
		This page was last modified 00:52, 17 August 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Promontory_Summit (179 words)

	Promontory Point, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promontory Point is a locale in southern Box Elder County Utah centered approximately at 41°13'20"N 112°24'38"W with elevation of 1285 meters (4217 feet) above sea level.
		[1] (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Yandid=1431484) It is located on a promontory (peninsula) in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake.
		Promontory Point is also the cape where this place is located centered at 41°12'18"N 112°25'43"W with an elevation of 1309 meters (4297 feet) above sea level.
	www.freeglossary.com /Promontory_Point,_Utah (224 words)

	deseretnews.com \| 'Promontory' is rest of story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the indelible images from Utah history is that day when the transcontinental railroad was completed.
		But while this was a story of national importance, "Promontory" tells much of it from a Utah perspective.
		The fact that the documentary style employed in "Promontory" is now familiar — period photographs, actors (and others) reading letters and documents of the time in the "voices" of the principals — doesn't make it any less effective.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,395007169,00.html (382 words)

	Dye Course: Promontory, Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promontory is a family area and they didn’t want a course that was impossible for some people to play."
		Work is underway on the Promontory Equestrian Center, the Kinnikinnick Cabin for children, and the Ranch House, which will have facilities for tennis, swimming and ice skating, plus a full-service fitness center and spa.
		The back nine plays through scenic mountain canyons and meadows at the highest elevations of Promontory, 80% of which is an open-land conservancy, where moose, elk, deer and bobcat roam.
	www.golftodaymagazine.com /Oct02/1002dye.htm (1424 words)

	Promontory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e.g., a peninsula or headland).
		Especially: (a) the projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra; (b) a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
		The first Transcontinental Railroad in North America—constructed simultaneously beginning from the west coast (Sacramento, California) and from the more populated east (starting in Omaha, Nebraska)—was joined at Promontory, Utah, near Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake.
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	Promontory, Utah Florists and Flower Delivery
		Our florists are centrally located within the Promontory, UT area and are renowned for their absolute commitment to quality service and fresh floral products.
		Generally, orders placed by 2 to 3 PM can be delivered by the Promontory florist the same day your order is placed.
		You may still send floral arrangements in Promontory from around $25.00 but, this does not include the cost of delivery and they tend to be more like bud vase's than full flower arrangements.
	www.flowerrewards.com /UT/Promontory.html (828 words)

	SP in Utah
		SP received Utah PSC approval to close the agency at Cecil Junction, the junction with the Promontory Branch, 0.9 mile north of Ogden.
		SP had been running their Promontory Branch trains over OSL between Ogden and Corinne; in an unsuccessful 1932 request for abandonment of the Promontory Branch SP stated that most of their trackage between those two points was "gone, removed by parties unknown".
		SP received Utah PSC approval to abandon and remove the spur at Marriott, 2.3 miles west of Ogden on the Lucin Cut-off.
	utahrails.net /sp/sp-in-ut.php (2866 words)

	Prom - Promontory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promontory Financial Group is a leading financial consulting and...
		Promontory has an unparalleled track record in regulatory and financial consulting that improves the bottom line for our financial services clients.
		Promontory is 6,500-acres of Utah real estate incorporating a community of luxury custom homes, private golf clubs and internationally acclaimed skiing resorts, located near Deer Valley and Park City...
	www.prom.completelyinfo.com /promontory (692 words)

	Golden Spike Ceremony, May 10, 1994
		The photo on the left is a picture (looking east) of the "tie" where the golden spike was placed.
		The tracks through Promontory Summit were removed during World War II.
		The reason they did this was simple because the workers were being paid by the mile and until a meeting point was selected, they want to keep making money.
	www.steamlocomotive.com /promontory (617 words)

	Promontory, Utah (84307) Forecast : Weather Underground
		The Weather Underground has teamed up with Ambient Weather, Weather Display and Weather View 32 to build a network of weather stations across the globe.
		Historical Data and Charts — Northern Utah R/C Aircraft Club
		Utah and have spread in north central Utah as of 5 PM.
	www.wunderground.com /US/UT/Promontory.html (215 words)

	The Chinese at Promontory, Utah, April 30 - May 10, 1869
		On May 1st Casement's track gangs commenced laying track eastward from the Summit, leaving a 58' gap for a pair of rails for each of the companies to lay on the day of the final ceremony.
		The only Chinese workers at the ceremony arrived early on the morning of May 10th on the construction train from Victory.
		At about 10:30 am the Chinese began the final grading for the last two rails, the laying of the ties and rails, the driving of the spikes, and the bolting of the fishplates of the west rail.
	cprr.org /Museum/Chinese_at_Promontory_ETS.html (955 words)

	About the USA - Travel & Geography > Utah
		Utah became the 45th state of the Union in 1896.
		Utah is well-known for its snow-covered mountains and beautifully colored canyons.
		One of Utah's most interesting places to visit is Mormon Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
	usa.usembassy.de /utah.htm (558 words)

	Gallery - Route of the First Transcontinental Railroad - Chapter Field Trip
		Though the completion of the railroad officially ended the pioneer era and the necessity of travelling the old emigrant roads to the West, the historic and well-preserved railbed is a must-see for trail buffs.
		Our approximate route on the off-highway portion of the trip is shown in blue in the NW corner of the Utah map at right.
		The railroad grade began at Lucin, Utah not far from the Nevada border, and we drove it east to Promontory Summit and the Golden Spike National Historic Site.
	www.utahcrossroads.org /G_FT1097.htm (370 words)

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