The Forgotten: The Chinese and the Transcontinental Railroad

Date & Time:

Saturday 06/08/2019
10:00 am-11:00 am

Organizer:

Greg Feathers

Location:

California Trail Interpretive Center

Category

  • Special


Event Details

About 90 percent of the Central Pacific’s workers, or 12,000 employees, were not American citizens, but instead immigrants and migrant workers from China. Park Ranger Greg Feathers will share the story of Chinese workers and their contributions to the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.

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