Hoversten’s history was a bit off

David Drake
July 11, 2000

Did Erik Hoversten take a different 7th grade history class than everyone else I know?

The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, but the Golden Spike was driven into the ground outside Promontory, Utah, not Council Bluffs.

David Drake

Senior

Chemical engineering

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