American history classes typically teach that the original transcontinental railroad was a major triumph. What they don‘t say ...

Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and ...

The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...

A companion display addresses the ways in which the railroad transformed the American ... of Chinese labor as president of the Central Pacific, Chang views the 150th anniversary as the perfect ...

Following recent line upgrades, those yearning to revisit the old days can hop on the museum-operated Sacramento Southern Railroad train, which departs from the Central Pacific Railroad Freight ...

1854 People v. Hall, CA Supreme Court rules that a white man charged with a murder cannot be convicted on the testimony of a Chinese witness 1865 Central Pacific Railroad hires Chinese workers to ...

The Council Bluffs Fire Department told First Alert 6 Wednesday that the most recent blaze — near 15th Street and Avenue O — ...