Looking to derail from your usual Santa Clarita routine? Consider a trip to Sacramento for a journey through California’s ...

The Sierra is known for its railroad history. A lot is heard about the men who built the Central Pacific Railroad, but what ...

Descendants of Chinese railroad workers who live in New York City said they’re excited about the recognition, and see it as a way for more people to learn about the legacy of their families.

The Central Pacific Railroad, the western section of the Transcontinental Railroad, required tunneling through the imposing Sierra Nevada, which meant the laborers worked in dangerous conditions, such ...

It is estimated that between 1,000 to 1,200 Chinese workers died due to dangerous working conditions, among them 300 Chinese railroad workers who fell to their deaths during the construction of the ...

For her series California Foodways, Lisa Morehouse is reporting a story about food and farming from each of California’s 58 counties.. A lot of kids growing up in California learn about the ...

The site of the largest camp for Chinese railroad workers in California in the 19th century is one of the country’s newest National Historic Landmarks. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland ...

The site of the largest camp for Chinese railroad workers in California in the 19th century is one of the country’s newest National Historic Landmarks. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland ...

The site of the largest camp for Chinese railroad workers in California in the 19th century is one of the country’s newest National Historic Landmarks.. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb ...

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

The Central Pacific Railroad had a much harder job. It had to build a railroad through the Sierra Nevada, with its sheer cliffs, hard granite, and monster snowstorms. And the company had to recruit ...