The Transcontinental Railroad was one of the most ambitious projects in US history - but it came at a deadly cost. Built through treacherous mountains, scorching deserts, and unforgiving terrain, ...

Asa Whitney presents a resolution in Congress endorsing the funding of a railroad to the Pacific ... James Harvey Strobridge to try Chinese workers as a means of expanding their labor force ...

We have bled, and we have died, building and sustaining America,” said Kwan, 57, president of the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association, which aims to give their forefathers their due.

The Southern route came through our area, and ultimately became the best all-around prospect for a transcontinental railroad. Lt. R. S. Williamson led portions of the southern survey, aided by Lt.

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 ...

In 1867, Chinese transcontinental railroad workers went on strike to protest unsafe working conditions and lower pay than their white peers. Then came the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act–the first ...

Asa Whitney presents a resolution in Congress endorsing the funding of a railroad to the Pacific ... James Harvey Strobridge to try Chinese workers as a means of expanding their labor force ...