Archaeologists excavating in a Utah ghost town have turned up a rare find: a house belonging to 19th-century Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad.

Chinese laborers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1800s displayed craftsmanship and team spirit as they "cut through dense forests, laid down the rail bed and set ties and ...

A California art museum on Sunday launched an art exhibition that pays tribute to the historic contribution to the United States by Chinese immigrants who built a transcontinental railroad 150 ...

Chinese workers played a large role in completing the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. Several people and groups are doing work to ensure their legacy isn't forgotten this time around.

It’s been 150 years since two railroads were joined together to form the first Transcontinental Railroad. At a ceremony in Utah, Chinese railroad workers were recognized for the pivotal role ...

MARFA, Texas — What remains of the Chinese immigrants who built the Southern Pacific Railroad through Seminole Canyon in the 1880s are the objects they left behind — opium pipes, rice bowls ...

ART JOURNAL: Chinese laborers hidden in plain sight ... a photographic process that was invented in the late 1800s and lends Cheng’s work an eerie, timeless quality. Highlights include a photo of an ...

Margaret Yee's ancestors were among thousands of Chinese immigrants who forged the transcontinental railroad that was completed with the driving of the golden spike at Promontory on May 10, 1869.

Chinese immigrants laid down 690 miles of track in the mid 1800s for North America’s first transcontinental railroad, connecting Sacramento to Promontory Summit in Utah.

MARFA, Texas — What remains of the Chinese immigrants who built the Southern Pacific Railroad through Seminole Canyon in the 1880s are the objects they left behind — opium pipes, rice bowls ...

Tasked with building the railroad from the West, the Central Pacific Railroad hired 15,000 workers, of whom approximately 12,000 or more were Chinese immigrants.