Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was critical to trade, expansion and development in the U.S. Without it, you would have to take the six-month route around Cape Horn at the tip of South America by boat just to get from the East Coast to the West Coast. Chinese workers were ...
Union workers at ports in the East Coast and Gulf Coast earn a base wage of $39 an hour after six years on the job. That is significantly less than their unionized West Coast peers, who make $54.85 an hour — a rate that will increase to $60.85 in 2027, excluding overtime and benef...
east along with a new "superslab" highway that got filled with more lead than Soapy Smith, to the ill-fated Rocky Mountain Rail Authority's intention to route rail both north-south and east-west through the state and never drove one spike, let alone a train, they were all ...
A struggle between east coast bankers and rural farmers and miners in Colorado and the rest of the West resulted in one of the worst economic disasters the state has ever seen. With silver being used as currency, many in the US complained that gold-based money was being devalued. When Pre...
Driving through North Cheyenne Cañon, you’ll find a parking lot on the west end; from there, you’ll begin walking up Lower Gold Camp Rd, a former narrow-gauge railroad bed that’s now a dirt road. The first bend in the trail is where the Seven Bridges Trail begins – look for ...
Time:Colorado's clocks run on Mountain Standard Time (MST). The time difference to the East Coast of the USA is two hours behind (+2 hours) and one-hour ahead of the West Coast (-1 hour). Consumption of Alcohol:The minimum age for alcohol consumption in Colorado is 21. Bars and res...
The Rockies are bordered on the east by the Great Plains and on the west by the Interior Plateau and Coast Mountains of Canada and the Columbia Plateau and Basin and Range Province of the United States. The Rocky Mountains include at least 100 separate ranges, which are generally divided ...
There is no public transit to the park’s east or west sides from the Denver region. Where to Stay: There are no overnight lodgings at Rocky Mountain National Park, unlike several other national parks. The surrounding towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake provide a variety of hotel choices. ...
One of the inconveniences of living in a small town is the proximity to airports. In western South Carolina we actually have a choice of six, including tinyAugusta Regionaljust beyond the nearby Savannah River. But whether Augusta or one of the larger airports hours away on the East Coast, ...
Under President Biden, the U.S. tightened export controls to try tokeep some sensitive U.S. technology out of China, and tension between Washington and Beijing had increased for years over China's stance on Taiwan, the democratically ruled island off its east coast that ...