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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides excerpts from "Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America: The Chinese Railroad Men" by Stan Steiner. Describes how the Chinese contributed to the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr History Museum: Chinese Laborers and Construction of the Central Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from the Utah Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, by George Kraus, recounts the decision to use Chinese laborers in building the Central Pacific Railroad. Many primary source documents included as well as supplemental direct quotes in...
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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr History Museum: Chinese American Contribution to Transcontinental

For Students 9th - 10th
In April of 1999, Representative John T. Doolittle delivered a speech before the United States House of Representatives commemorating the contribution of Chinese-Americans to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. This site...
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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr History Museum: A History of the Chinese in California: A Syllabus

For Students 9th - 10th
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.