by Criswell | Amazing America, Historic Events
The word “transcontinental” means “from one side of a continent to the other side.” The world’s first transcontinental railroad was built in the United States between 1863 and 1869. It connected the existing eastern U.S. rail system with...
by Criswell | Planet Earth
The Earth has seven very large areas of land that are called called continents. They are, from the largest to the smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Islands are usually are usually considered to be part of the...