Truckee's Railroad - Chinese Story

Sponsored by the Museum of Truckee History - Keeping Truckee History Alive. Jerry Blackwill will present a program about the Chinese story in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

The subject of the talk is Why are the Donner Summit Tunnels & Camps considered the most significant contribution to Chinese-American History? Jerry is president of the Museum of Truckee History past president of the Truckee Donner Railroad Society. He has done research, written articles, and made presentations about the transcontinental railroad, the Truckee to Lake Tahoe railroad, and the areas logging railroads.