Golden Spike Re-enactment, (cont'd) summer. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman also attended the ceremonies, arriving at the ceremony site on the No. 119 replica of a Union Pacific steam locomotive. The governor welcomed the audience and gave tribute to the people who helped make the celebrations a success, including Golden Spike representatives, employees, supporters and Box Elder County officials. A flag and wreath ceremony took place, and, like the historic episode 137 years ago, a moment of silence followed. The Box Elder High School band performed music for the ceremonies, including the U.S. national anthem and "I've Been Working on the Railroad." Wednesday's events concluded weeklong activities held in both Ogden and Promontory Summit that celebrated the 137th anni- "Railroad workers have a heroic image and have made a great and lasting impact. The completion of the transcontinental railroad was the most important event of the American West." BOB SPUDE, National Park Service historian versary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad a transportation line that connected the Central Union and Union Pacific railroads, linking both coasts. In 1869, Promontory Summit was a tent community, where rail workers lived and businessmen sought a living. The busiest tent was one that housed a telegraph office. "Here, two dozen reporters came to send word to the world that the transcontinental railroad had been com-pleted," said Bob Spude, National Park Service historian. "It was a magnificent time." The significance of the railroad is that it brought an end to one era and opened another, uniting the country by bringing East and West Coast businesses together, Spude said. After the railroad was completed, people began leaving Promontory Summit and moving to Ogden. It is those who have come since who have made the former site a historic memorial for those who worked on the rail line for the hundreds who lost their lives in the process. Chinese and Irish workers who helped finish the line also were recognized during the ceremonies Wednesday, as were The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pioneers who worked on the railroad. "Railroad workers have a heroic image and have made a great and lasting impact," Spude said. "The completion of the transcontinental railroad was the most important event of the American West."