"Chinese Workers building local Railroads"
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March 22, 2017
6:00pm
Phil Tillman held a talk about the role of the Chinese workers who built the local railroads including portions of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad for the Friends Quarterly Program at Shepard Hall in the Santa Maria Public Library. It was a very interesting talk covering the Chinese migration to the United States and their roles in the west not only building railroads but other tasks such as cooking and laundry. Phil talked about the Chinese Exclusion Act and how that came about and the trials and tribulations during that political climate.
Photos by Gary See.