“It is an American success story — the linking of the east and west by railroad in the 1860s. However many of the people who built it weren’t Americans but Chinese, and now there’s an effort underway to better tell their story.” Read the full story »
“The Transcontinental Railroad has been dubbed a feat of 19th century engineering and has been credited with opening California up to trade. Despite the importance of the project, little is known about the individual lives of the 12,000 Chinese immigrants who laid the track between Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada. »
Almost 250 attended “The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental” at Stanford University on June 6, 2015. The event, co-sponsored by the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University and the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA), commemorated the 150th anniversary of the employment of »
On behalf of Stanford University, it is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to this unprecedented event. The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford was created in recognition of the crucial role that the Chinese who built the Central Pacific Railroad played in creating the »
“In May 1969, Connie Young Yu’s mother and father traveled to Utah from the Bay Area for ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the transcontinental railway. Like thousands of Chinese Americans, their migrant-laborer forefathers had worked on the massive project that culminated in California rail baron Leland Stanford driving the »
“【侨报记者张苗6月6日南湾报道】6月6日，斯坦福大学举办纪念铁路华工150周年活动。中国驻旧金山总领事罗林泉、斯坦福大学人文学院院长赛拉尔（Richard Saller）、斯坦福大学北美铁路华工研究课题（Chinese Railroad Workers Project）主任张少书（Gordon H. Chang）、中美学者、铁路华工后裔代表及斯坦福大学师生等200余人出席活动” Read the full story 看全文 »
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“中新网6月8日电 据美国《世界日报》报道，美国铁路华工150周年，斯坦福大学北美铁路华工研究工程及美国华人历史协会学者，6日和来自全国的数十名华工后代一起回顾这段重要的历史。” Read the full story 看全文 »
“中新网6月8日电 据美国《世界日报》报道，美国铁路华工150周年，斯坦福大学北美铁路华工研究工程及美国华人历史协会学者，6日和来自全国的数十名华工后代一起回顾这段重要的历史。” Read the full story 看全文 »
