ron hales utah artist portraits and family/historical illustrations golden spike

In 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, the continental United States was joined by completion of a long ribbon of rails from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California. This painting, depicting representative Chinese laborers of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Irish/German laborers of the Union Pacific Railroad, hangs in the National Park Service's Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit, Utah.


	"We built the railroad that built the nation" 24" x 24" Oil
In 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, the continental United States was joined by completion of a long ribbon of rails from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California. This painting, depicting representative Chinese laborers of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Irish/German laborers of the Union Pacific Railroad, hangs in the National Park Service's Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit, Utah.
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