Source: The Daily Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
September 17, 1887 Saturday

The Last Spike Driven
The Iron Horse Reaches the Sault and the Town Goes Wild

S. S, Marie, Sept. 16 - The first train on the DSS&A reach-
ed S. S. Marie today and the whole town is crazy with enthusi-
asm. The last spike was driven at twelve o'clock noon amid a
salute of 21 guns fired from cannon brought from Fort Brady to
the terminus of the road, while the air shook with the cheers
of the multitude of enthusiastic spectators. After years of
wailing and longing, those who have stuck by the Sault now see
their fondest hopes realized. There's nothing too good for us
tonight, and the toot isn't confined to the Democratic office
this time.