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 ...

DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. -- Deep in California's Sierra Nevada, a 3,000-foot tunnel carved through solid granite in the late 1860s stands as a powerful reminder of the labor and sacrifice that helped ...

Council Member Susan Zhuang on Tuesday introduced a City Council resolution that would, for the first time, recognize the history of Chinese-American railroad workers in New York City. Surrounded by ...

It was a seminal moment in American history: the inauguration of the first Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah. The day marked a profound transformation. A dangerous journey ...

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