The Golden Spike Monument, a sculpture by artist Douwe Blumberg, is dispalyed in front of Union Station on Friday, May 3, 2024. The 43-foot, gold leaf-covered monument was commissioned to honor the ...

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month kicks off today. May is picked as the month we honor AAPI heritage in part due to that being the month that Chinese immigrants help complete the building ...

The California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad. As the westernmost point of the original tracks, Sacramento was at the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Wesley Yee, left, whose father Dr. Herbert Yee died in 2021, mingles with attendees after his father was honored by the California State Railroad Museum and Foundation on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The site of the largest camp for Chinese ...

As many as 20,000 Chinese workers were recruited to build North America’s railways. Their descendants are still fighting for recognition, writes photographer Philip Cheung. A freight train passes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Railroads and ...