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.

By Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune; February 3, 2019

They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial spikes that helped celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, now reunited in Utah for the first time in 150 years.

The famous Golden Spike, the silver Nevada Spike and the Arizona Spike of blended iron, silver and gold are the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts on the campus of the University of Utah. “The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West” opened Friday.

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