William Platt filed a lawsuit that exposed the difficulties this company encountered while selling federal land grants. A dubious project commissioned by this company was replaced by a rival’s Big Fill. After having a revelation while fleeing through the Black Hills, Grenville Dodge resigned from the military to join this company led by “Hub” Hoxie. Written exchanges with Warren Fisher Jr. regarding this company were read aloud on the House floor after being obtained from James Mulligan in an event that plagued the 1884 election campaign of the leader of the “Half-Breeds.” Charles Dana’s New York Sun exposed the leadership of this company for selling cheap stock to Schuyler Colfax, the Vice President of Ulysses S. Grant. For 10 points, name this company responsible for the Crédit Mobilier scandal and the construction of the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad. ■END■
ANSWER: Union Pacific Railroad Company [accept Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company; prompt on Crédit Mobilier until read by asking “executives from what company created and owned Crédit Mobilier?”] (The Big Fill replaced the dangerous Big Trestle that was decommissioned after six months. Dodge discovered the path on which he was fleeing would make a perfect route for a transcontinental railroad.)
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