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Thousands paid tribute to Emmett Till by attending his funeral.

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Engineer Theodore Judah solved the great riddle of the Pacific Railroad at Donner Pass.

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Summit Tunnel is 1,659 feet long and through some of the hardest rock in North America.

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Gutzon Borglum and his team of workers were aware that there would be challenges to face.

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Gutzon Borglum used a concoction of materials to fill in the cracks in Jefferson's head.

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Borglum built a studio size model of Mt. Rushmore and then enlarged it to scale.

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Conservation Specialist Linda Edquist demonstrates preservation techniques.

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Andy Carroll is the founder and director of the Legacy Project.

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The Central Pacific prided itself on its workmanship.

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The Central Pacific's best hope was a dangerous gamble: liquid nitroglycerin.

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Workers dug tunnels through mountains in Utah and laid track in the Wyoming desert.