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New monument honoring Chinese railroad workers to be added to Utah Capitol
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMembers of the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association and other leaders pose with shovels...
California railroad museum ceremony highlights often-overlooked efforts of Chinese workers
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoChinese workers made up 90% of the West Coast railroad workforce, but their contributions are often...
Exhibit at California State Railroad Museum honors Chinese railroad workers
CBS News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build...
A look back on the 1st transcontinental railroad
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was...
Descendants of Chinese railroad workers break ground for monument at Utah State Capitol
KTVX via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association (CRWDA) broke ground on a new monument to be...
SF Chinatown welcomes Chinese Railroad Workers History Center
NextShark via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA museum dedicated to remembering Chinese laborers who helped build the United States’ first...
Rare historic photos reveal what America's Gilded Age was really like
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe tale of an era Photo Recall/Alamy Railroad barons, gargantuan East Coast mansions and elaborate...
10 outdoor sites to learn more about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage
Stacker via AOL· 2 months agoMalachi Jacobs // Shutterstock Since the nation's earliest days, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,...
Boarding pass
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThom Sevalrud for the Deseret News The United States became a railroad superpower on May 10, 1869, when the ceremonial “golden spike” completed the first...
Government officials, philanthropists celebrate the golden spike
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn artist rendering of the future Golden Spike State Monument, which will be located in Brigham...
