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The Central Pacific Jupiter is a meticulously crafted steam locomotive replica built to represent the engine that played a crucial role in constructing the first U.S. standard gauge railroad across the American West. Completed in 1869, it embodies the technological achievement and labor involved in...

Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-born fur trader and explorer whose journeys mapped major waterways across what is now Canada. In 1789 he followed the river later named for him to the Arctic Ocean, and in 1793 he completed the first recorded crossing of North America north of Mexico to reach the P...

John McDouall Stuart was a Scottish-born explorer whose expeditions mapped large areas of inland Australia during the nineteenth century. In 1862 he and his party completed the first successful European crossing of the continent through its interior from south to north and returned by the same gener...

Cal Rodgers was an American aviation pioneer trained by the Wright brothers. In 1911, he became the first person to fly a powered aircraft across the United States, piloting a Wright Flyer named the Vin Fiz. The transcontinental journey took 49 days and required numerous repairs and replacements due...

Robert O'Hara Burke (1821-1861) was an Irish-born soldier, police officer, and Australian explorer. He led the Victorian Exploring Expedition, later called the Burke and Wills expedition, which set out from Melbourne in 1860 to cross the continent to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Burke and a small party...

The Powder Puff Derby was the popular name for the 1929 Women's Air Derby, a transcontinental air race for female pilots in the United States. The route ran from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland, Ohio, and formed part of the early history of organized women's competitive aviation. Participants...