Silver Sage: Return to Gold Mountain Historic Tour

Length

00:21:34

Producer

Joan Rudder-Ward

Category

Documentary

Comments

From 1864-1869 thousands of laborers from China were recruited by the Central Pacific Railroad to work on the western line of the Transcontinental Railroad. These Chinese workers, who made up 80% of the labor force, faced grueling challenges and harsh weather in making a way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The railroad going through the mountains was the largest engineering project in the country at the time. This episode covers the return to Gold Mountain Historic Tour: Re-Discovering the Path of the Chinese Railroad Workers Beginning in Sacramento tour stops include: Bloomer Cut, Coolie Monument, Cape Horn, Gold Run, Dutch Flat, China Wall, Emigrant Trail Museum, with a stay in Reno, NV. Second day, the return trip is via Amtrak's California Zephyr, traveling a route listed as one of the most beautiful train journeys in the US.