Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lin...
Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway
to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lincoln
looks on as their children, Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh, play
together. Brandon sets off with Davy to survey a route. They discover a
new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they
are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with
only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy
buries his father... Years pass. It is 1862 and Lincoln signs the bill
authorizing construction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railways. Marsh is principal contractor and Miriam is engaged to Jesson,
the chief engineer... Crews of Chinese, Italians, and Irish work to
build the railway while resisting Indian attack. When the pay train is
delayed by Indian ambush, the Italians go on strike. Miriam persuades
them to return to work... Marsh needs to find a shortcut through the
Black Hills. To ...
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