Fascinating Facts • Women were so rare during the California gold rush, one man charged people who came to his wedding five dollars just to see his bride • The chuck wagon used on cattle drives was named for Charles “Chuck” Goodnight, a Texas rancher who marked the Goodnight-Loving Trail with cattleman Oliver Loving • Each rail for the transcontinental railroad weighed seven hundred pounds, and it took five men to lift it and fit it into place Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Sequence Text Features • Map • Sidebars Scott Foresman Social Studies ISBN 0-328-14911-X ì