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. An exhibit ...

SACRAMENTO -- The California State Railroad Museum's "Chinese Workers' Experience" exhibit tells the stories of Chinese railroad workers who played a fundamental role in the building of the ...

The California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad. As the westernmost point of the original tracks, Sacramento was at the ...

Chinese community and local leaders gathered at the California State Railroad Museum on Wednesday evening to dedicate a museum exhibit to the late board member and civic leader Dr. Herbert Yee.

Part I. Competing interests and railroad construction: Technology and semicolonial ventures -- Managing transitions in the early Republic -- Part II. Railroads in the market and social space: Moving ...

As many as 20,000 Chinese workers were recruited to build North America’s railways. Their descendants are still fighting for recognition, writes photographer Philip Cheung. A freight train passes ...

A resolution to recognize the hard work of Chinese immigrants that built the Transcontinental Railroad was announced Tuesday at City Hall. Brooklyn Councilmember Susan Zhang introduced the resolution ...

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 of ...

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Dr. Wesley Yee, left, whose father Dr. Herbert Yee died in 2021, mingles with attendees after his father was honored by the California State Railroad Museum and Foundation on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Railroads and ...