With that one act, Stanford marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad. This 1877 photo ... narrative of anti-Asian racism codified first in sentiment, then in law in America.

Members of New York City’s thriving Chinese community hope a recent City Council resolution will help educate New Yorkers ...

But some of their family members say their contributions have been forgotten. The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United ...

On 1 July 1925, the oldest railway in the world celebrated its 100th birthday. The Stockton to Darlington Railway was the ...

The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United States. Supreme Court backs Republican lawmaker in Maine who was punished for ...

1869, in Promontory, Utah, the final spike (also known as the Golden Spike) was driven into the ground. That spike joined the rail lines of would become the country’s first Transcontinental ...

“The construction of the Transcontinental (Railroad ... “Instead, he was a manipulator.” When Dodge first began building the railroad, he found that Durant and his “minions” were ...

The story of Chinese Americans really gets going with one of the great early episodes of globalization. The discovery of gold in California in 1848, brought tens of thousands of fortune seekers from ...

It’s important to give space to Native artists in ways that aren’t confined to heritage month or history museums.” ...

Exclusion, Belonging and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” comes at a time when politics and immigration have ...

The newly unveiled Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 and Cheyenne's Big Boy No. 4014 will meet up twice this ...