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These pages focus on the railroads through the Washington Township from 1866 to 1915. The Washington Township is Southern Alameda County, the current day cities of Fremont, Union City, and Newark.

The first question was "How did 200 fully grown palms make their way from Niles to San Francisco in 1914 in time for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition?"

The second set of questions were:

• "Where was the final work done that completed the Transcontinental Railroad to the San Francisco Bay?"
• "Where was the 'last spike' driven that connected the SF Bay to Stockton and hence to the rest of the Transcontinental railroad?"
• "What evidence is there that there were Chinese workers along this line?"
• Where did the CPRR officially end?