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Tag: The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West

The centennial of the transcontinental railroad all but excluded the Chinese workers who helped build it. As Utah marks the 150th anniversary, their stories are being told.

February 4, 2019 Administrator

By Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune; February 3, 2019 They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial…

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Posted in: Freight Railroads Filed under: 150 Years, 150th Anniversary Celebration, Celebration, Central Pacific, Ceremonial Spikes, Chinese Workers, Freight Railroads, History, Salt Lake City, The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West, Transportation, Union Pacific, UP, Utah

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July 17, 2018 Administrator

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; July 16, 2018: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE: October 6, 2018 – January…

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Posted in: Freight Railroads Filed under: 150th Anniversay Of The Completion Of The Transcontinental Railroad, Alfred A Hart, Andrew Joseph Russell, Freight Railroads, Joslyn Art Museum, May 10 1969, Meeting Of The Rail, Photographs and Stereographs, Promontory Summit, The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West, Transportation, Travelling Exhibition, Union Pacific Historic Collection, Union Pacific Museum, Union Pacific Railroad, UP, Utah

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