On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a boisterous crowd gathered to witness the completion of one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the building of the transcontinental ...

An exhibit commemorating one of the most significant developments in the settlement of the West and Chinese Americans’ contributions to it is on display this week on the porch of longtime Palo Alto ...

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 ...

"A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now"-- ...