Harper's Weekly reported on the progress of the transcontinental ... to the Platte River route. At Omaha, on June 8, he issued general orders stating that the Union Pacific Railroad shall be ...

At 2 P.M. the belt of timber that fringes the North Platte and marks its windings through the vast level floor of the Plains came in sight. At 4 P.M. we crossed a branch of the river, and at 5 P.M ...

THE LEAD PLATTE RIVER BRIDGE IS A FORMER RAILROAD BRIDGE THAT SERVES AS A HIKING AND BIKING TRAIL BETWEEN LINCOLN AND OMAHA. THE STATE SAYS TREES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP ON THE BRIDGE FROM PAST RAINS ...