The Central Pacific Railroad, chartered in 1861 by California's "Big Four" merchants (Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker), built the western portion of America's first transcontinental railroad. Construction began in Sacramento on January 8, 1863, and progressed eastward through the formidable Sierra Nevada mountains. The company recruited thousands of Chinese laborers from Canton Province who ultimately comprised 80 percent of the workforce by 1868—approximate

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The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad takes guests on a steam train ride back in time. Located off of California Highway 41 in Fish Camp, the railroad is just south of Yosemite National Park and makes for a fantastic side adventure. Vintage “Shay” type logging locomotives that date back to the early 1900s pull riders through groves of sugar pine and incense cedar trees as the train’s conductor provides a vibrant narrative about the region and its logging railroads of yesteryear. The Sugar Pi