#immigration – HistoricalNovelsRUs

31 Oct 2021

All aboard – Railroads – the Chinese contribution

by historicalnovelsrus | posted in: History Makers, Immigration and Immigrants, The American West, 19th Century, Uncategorized | 0

In the fall of 1868, Charles Crocker estimated that 10,000 Chinese, 1,000 whites, and “any number” of Native Americans worked for the Central Pacific Railroad.

1 Jan 2019

Chinese Immigration in the NorthWest

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On http://www.facebook.com/historicalnovelsrus I posted the story of a specific Chinese immigrant to California. In the 1850s and 1860s, lured by the promise of gold, freedom, riches, and land, many Chinese men came to the United States, especially California and the … Continued