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    1909 – Sikh Workers on the Pacific & Eastern Railroad in Oregon Many Asian Indians were first employed as railroad workers. Seven hundred were reportedly involved in the construction of the Three-Mile Spring Garden Tunnel of the Western Pacific Railroad. Increasingly Asian Indians found themselves driven from employment in the railroad and lumber industries by violent white workers. They moved south, riding the Southern Pacific Railroad into California, where they found employment in agriculture. Takaki, R. (1998). Strangers from a different shore: A history of Asian Americans. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. (Photo courtesy of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Medford, Oregon) [via:fuckyeahapihistory]

    1909 – Sikh Workers on the Pacific & Eastern Railroad in Oregon

    Many Asian Indians were first employed as railroad workers. Seven hundred were reportedly involved in the construction of the Three-Mile Spring Garden Tunnel of the Western Pacific Railroad. Increasingly Asian Indians found themselves driven from employment in the railroad and lumber industries by violent white workers. They moved south, riding the Southern Pacific Railroad into California, where they found employment in agriculture. Takaki, R. (1998). Strangers from a different shore: A history of Asian Americans. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

    (Photo courtesy of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Medford, Oregon)

    [via:fuckyeahapihistory]

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    #Sikhs  #Oregon  #Asian America  #history  #Asian American history  #Asian Indians  #Southern Pacific Railroad  #Western Pacific Railroad  #Ronald Takaki  #South Asian Americans 
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      It is so weird knowing that I lived right outside Medford. I had classes near that rail road. I have seen it
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