165 years ago today - Feb 14, 1852 (Saturday)

The legislative assembly of Utah Territory memorialized Congress for the construction of a great national central railroad from the Missouri river to the Pacific Coast. The memorial was approved on the 3rd of March following. At the same session, the legislature petitioned Congress for the establishment of a telegraph line across the continent.

[Source: Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology]

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