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mugs 2
These mugs are handthrown and glaze engraved, so as to feature the two locomotives standing head to head. Choose from blue, green, and black. $18.95
 
Union Pacific-opoly is a new twist on the original game of Monopoly, featuring a Golden Spike as one of the 6 tokens, and also features Promontory Summit in the traditional Baltic Ave. location, and Golden Spike in the Park Place location.  Union Pacifi-opoly is a new twist on the original game of Monopoly, featuring a Golden Spike as one of the 6 tokens, and also features Promontory Summit is the traditional Baltic Ave. location and Golden Spike in the Park Place location.  $24.95
Union Pacific-opoly is a new twist on the original game of Monopoly,
featuring a golden spike as one of the 6 tokens,
and also featuring Promontory Summit in the traditional Baltic Ave.
location and Golden Spike in the Park Place location.  $24.95
 
Christmas ornaments with the utah state quarter image in pewter or silver on black are available for a limited time for $6.50.
Christmas ornaments with the Utah state quarter image in
pewter or silver on black are available for a limited time for $7.99.
 
Hobo Signs

Hobo Symbols
Mouse pad $7.00 and tin sign $10.00     

Once the Transcontinental Railroad was complete 
advancements in technology a
nd increased use of 
trains throughout 
the United States caused travel 
by rail 
to become ever more popular. Besides the 
increase in paying passengers, the 
hobos that 
rode the rails without paying 
also increased in 
frequency, possibly 
reaching into the hundreds of thousands in the early 1900s. These hobos 
developed their own culture, finding new ways to 
survive and communicate. 
The mouse pad and 
wall 
hanging shown here give a variety of symbols 
that the hobos used to communicate 
and help 
sustain their way of life.

 
National Parks Quarters

National Park Quarters
Album $18.99 and Quarters $2.49 each

Beginning in 2010 the U.S. Mint and coinage system 
began to produce a new collection of quarters to commemorate National Parks and Federal Lands throughout the United States. The Western National 
Park's Association bookstore at Golden Spike carries 
the individual quarters and an album in which these 
quarters can be kept and displayed. These quarters 
are a great find for coin collectors and National Park 
enthusiasts alike.

 
Irish Gandy Dancers

Irish Gandy Dancers $22.00

Included amongst the many workers that helped 
to complete the Transcontinental Railroad were 
a large number of Irish immigrants. Some of 
these Irish workers left the battlefields of the 
East after the conclusion of the Civil War, to 
join the demanding work required to complete 
the nation's first Transcontinental railroad. Irish 
Gandy Dancers 
tells the story of some of these 
workers and the challenges they had to overcome 
in order to complete this daunting task. 

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Replica of the Golden Spike

Did You Know?
There were four ceremonial spikes included in the Golden Spike Ceremony - not just the famous Golden Spike donated by David Hewes.
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Last Updated: November 14, 2011 at 15:40 MST