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Chinese Railroad

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Cannon Heritage Consultants has worked with the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State University, volunteers, and descendant communities to better understand the Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad. The links below are the results of the efforts of CHC and their partners, including a recent article in Smithsonian Magazine.

Archaeology, Behind the Lens. A lecture by Matt Stirn, who highlights Chinese Railroad.

Smithsonian Magazine: What Archaeologists Are Learning About the Lives of the Chinese Immigrants Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

Remembering Historic Achievements: Chinese Railroad Workers in America

Chinese Workers at Central Pacific Railroad Section Station Camps, 1870−1900

Bear River Massacre

Cannon Heritage Consultants in cooperation with the Idaho Historical Society and the USU Data Spatial Collection, Analysis Visualization Lab are conducting investigations to identify material remains associated with the Bear River Massacre.

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Site of Deadliest Native American Massacre Identified in Idaho

Utah Archeologists Uncover Mysteries Of Bear River Massacre

North Fork

CHC and the USU Data Spatial Collection, Analysis Visualization Lab conducted two fields seasons of investigations in the New Fork River Crossing Park to identify material remains associated with the emigrant use of the Lander Road during the 1850s-60s.

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