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 ...

Actually, 10,000 to 20,000 immigrant Chinese laborers had helped forge the Central Pacific’s ... a groundbreaking history of Chinese railroad workers by Stanford scholar Gordon H.

By Shirley L NgThe Takeaways Recognition of Chinese Immigrants’ Contributions: Brooklyn Councilmember Susan Zhang ...

WASHINGTON — Genesee & Wyoming short line Central Oregon & Pacific can take over local operations from Union Pacific in ...

Situated at the northern edge of Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum excites kids and history buffs alike ... which departs from the Central Pacific Railroad Freight Depot ...