KMOD Morning Host Biggie Shay Dies At 40. Shay 'Biggie' Adams is survived by his wife and daughter. TULSA, Oklahoma - KMOD reports that one of the hosts of The Big Mad Morning Show has died. Shay Biggie Adams died Friday surrounded by family, the station reports. Known as Biggie Shay, Adams had taken a leave of absence in November due to illness. His radio partner, Corbin, said despite weeks of treatment, the morning show host died at age 40. Biggie Shay Facebook Page.
The transcontinental railroad was the culmination of more than 20 years of work, although the actual building of the tracks only took about five years. Both sets of tracks were built primarily by immigrant laborers, with the Central Pacific employing mostly Chinese workers and the Union Pacific workforce made up of mostly Irish workers.
Introduction. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west.wo Competing Companies. By the terms of the bill, the Central Pacific Railroad Company would start building in Sacramento and continue east across the Sierra Nevada, while a second company, the Union Pacific Railroad, would build westward from the Missouri River, near the Iowa-Nebraska border.