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Golden Spike National Historic Site

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Golden Spike National Historic Site Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arches National Park, Eriogonum ovalifolium

Arches National Park, Eriogonum ovalifolium

Common name: cushion buckwheat. Family: Polygonaceae (buckwheat family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol R... More

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, U...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Location where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Ra... More

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, U...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Location where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Ra... More

Winter Steam Festival, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Winter Steam Festival, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo of No. 119 taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo of No. 119 taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Jupiter enveloped in steam, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Jupiter enveloped in steam, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Jupiter on main line, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Jupiter on main line, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo of taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Union Pacific No. 119, Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2009.

Every year, visitors are welcome to enjoy locomotives in action during the cold winter season between Christmas and New Years. Photo of No. 119 taken during the 2009 Winter Steam Festival.

Silver-haired Bat - National Parks Gallery

Silver-haired Bat - National Parks Gallery

Bat hanging from the rock wall in the Visitor Center at Golden Spike National Historic Site.

Pronghorn Antelope, Golden Spike national historical park

Pronghorn Antelope, Golden Spike national historical park

Pronghorn grazing at Golden Spike National Historic Site. Public domain photograph of a deer, wild animal, wilderness, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain p... More

National parks: Jackrabbit - public domain image

National parks: Jackrabbit - public domain image

Jackrabbit behind the Visitor Center at Golden Spike National Historic Site.

May 10, 2015 period dress photo

May 10, 2015 period dress photo

Period dressed visitors, staff, and volunteers stand in front of locomotives, re-enacting the famous Champagne photo.

Jackrabbit (Lepus), Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2016.

Jackrabbit (Lepus), Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2016.

Jackrabbits belong to the same genus as hares, Lepus. They are similar in size and form and even eat the same diet. They prefer living solitary lives or at most in pairs. The name given to a group is a 'drove'.... More

Rattlesnake (Crotalus), Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2016.

Rattlesnake (Crotalus), Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2016.

The genus Crotalus includes venomous pit vipers found only in the Americas. You probably know them as rattlesnakes. Crotalus stems from the Greek word 'krotalon' meaning rattle, referring to the well-known and ... More

Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), Golden Spike National Historic Site, 2016.

Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), Golden Spike National Historic S...

This mustelid resides from southern Canada all the way down to northern South America. You may be surprised to know that 42 subspecies are recognized! This fearless and aggressive hunter attacks small animals l... More

Arches National Park, Eriogonum ovalifolium

Arches National Park, Eriogonum ovalifolium

Common name: cushion buckwheat. Family: Polygonaceae (buckwheat family). Confirmed as present in the following Northern Colorado Plateau Network parks: Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol R... More

Joining the tracks for the first transcontinental railroad, Promontory, Utah, Terr., 1869 - NARA - 513341

Joining the tracks for the first transcontinental railroad, Promontory...

Public domain photograph of a train car, locomotive, engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description