MICHAEL KWAN: The Chinese railroad workers are just emblematic of the story of immigrants from everywhere. HERNANDEZ: At one point, the Chinese made up about 90% of the Central Pacific Railroad's ...

The nation’s first transcontinental railroad, completed 150 years ago today at Promontory Summit in Utah, connected the vast United States and brought America into the modern age. Chinese ...

In 2014, the U.S. Labor Department formally inducted the Chinese workers who helped build the transcontinental railroad into its Hall of Honor, giving them a place in American labor history ...

Chinese immigrants helped build America's first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, but their contribution has been largely forgotten. A group of their descendants is trying to change that.

A Chinese railroad workers' camp is seen at the end of the track, in this historical documentary photograph taken during the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad 1866-1869, Nevada, U.S ...

In formal censuses, the U.S. government often recorded Chinese immigrants living in railroad towns simply as “Chinaman” or “Chinawoman” in place of their names.

Chinese immigrants built a lot more of America than the Transcontinental Railroad Opinion: Immigrants from China came to build a railroad, but they stayed to help build America.

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. … ...

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 ...

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

Utahans are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. They are also honoring the hundreds and thousands of Chinese workers who actually completed the job.

A Chinese railroad workers' camp is seen at the end of the track, in this historical documentary photograph taken during the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad 1866-1869, Nevada, U.S ...