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"The new highway thus opened to man will not only develop the resources, extend the commerce, increase the power, exalt the diguity and perpetuate the unity of our Repbulic, but its broader relations, as the segment of a world-embracing circle, directly connecting the nations of Europe with those of Asia, will materially facilitate the enlightened and advancing civilization of our age" -New York Chamber of Commerce

Page Header Image Source: Honeyman, Robert B. “A Train Rounding the Bend as Chinese Railroad Workers Look on, with a View in the Background of the South Fork of the American River near Coloma, Where Gold Was First Discovered.” UC Berkeley, 1878, https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/04/08_chinesecalif.shtml.