Life was difficult for the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad workers. An article by Shoshi Parks published in the AtlasObscura web site describes the difficulties: The winter of 1867 came bitter and merciless to the Chinese men that tunneled through the transcontinental railroad’s most formidable section, a nearly 1,700-foot stretch of granite at the Donner Summit in …
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The following announcement was written by the folks at Findmypast: Thousands of records added for the English county of Norfolk this Findmypast Friday · A bumper release for newspapers, with 12 new titles and 74 updated titles Norfolk Wills & Probate Brand new to Findmypast this week, this collection has over 257,000 records covering the …