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 ...

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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 ...

As the Transcontinental Railroad knit the East Coast to the West Coast, the stories of those who worked on and died for it often went untold. The exhibition "The Other Side of the Tracks" at 516 Arts ...

In the late 1800s, there was a bustling Chinese cultural community in Elko. Its members were initially brought over as labor for the construction of the Central Pacific ...

Cartwright spoke at Tuesday’s announcement of a $9 million infusion of federal funding through the Consolidated Rail ...

The Elia Home is a 100-year-old remnant of the old Armenian Town neighborhood on Van Ness Avenue downtown near Cesar Chavez ...

In 1854, riverboat companies combined to form the California Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized the freight and ...

Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, ...

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 ...

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