Actually, 10,000 to 20,000 immigrant Chinese laborers had helped forge the Central Pacific’s path over the Sierra Nevada to its historic 1869 ... than the transcontinental railroad,” says ...

The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...

The company found success providing shovels to miners during the gold rush. The transcontinental railroad would bring ... been an early investor in the Central Pacific, loaning Collis Huntington ...