A memorial to the Chinese immigrants who worked to build the transcontinental railroad is set to be placed on the southeast lawn of the Utah State Capitol. State Sen. Karen Kwan, the first Chinese ...

Daily life for Chinese-American immigrants in the 1800s was made difficult by dangerous, low-paying jobs and discrimination from white Americans. Chinese-American immigrants first came to the States ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Railroads and infrastructure help shape a city and a country. Chinese immigrants had an important role in the creation of the first railroad across the United States. But some ...

Members of the Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association and other leaders pose with shovels as they hold a groundbreaking for Utah’s first monument honoring Chinese railroad workers, at ...

The Chinese worker's exhibit was dedicated to the late civic leader Dr. Herbert Yee, who helped the railroad museum first open its doors in 1976.

The site of the largest camp for Chinese railroad workers in California in the 19th century is one of the country’s newest National Historic Landmarks.. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb ...

In January 1882, 11 Chinese railroad workers in a town outside El Paso were murdered by white colleagues who disguised themselves as Native Americans. According to Shelley Fisher Fishkin, ...

GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- News report from GDToday: "This is a journey to seek the 'spikes' that bind. Chinese railroad workers are like the railway spikes firmly connecting ...

In January 1882, 11 Chinese railroad workers in a town outside El Paso were murdered by white colleagues who disguised themselves as Native Americans. According to Shelley Fisher Fishkin, ...

Surrounded by descendants of Chinese railroad workers, supporters, and fellow lawmakers on the steps of City Hall, Zhuang explained that if the City Council passes the resolution, May 10 would be ...

The day would also honor the memory of more than 12,000 Chinese-American railroad workers, who were responsible for building large parts of the system, giving their labor — and sometimes their ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Railroads and infrastructure help shape a city and a country. Chinese immigrants had an important role in the creation of the first railroad across the United States. … ...