The role that Chinese immigrants played in building the Transcontinental Railroad has long been buried. 150 years after the completion of the tracks, that’s finally changing. In the celebratory ...
Monica Yeung Arima stands in front of the “Chinese and the Iron Road — Building the Transcontinental Railroad” exhibit on her front porch in Palo Alto on May 16, 2023. Photo by Sue Dremann.
The site of the largest camp for Chinese ... Chinese railroad construction camp, which was focused on blasting and building tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains as part of the ...