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minus-square@RGB3x3@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink7•2 years agoLike many other things, we don’t like to talk about it…
minus-squareTakatakatakatakataklinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAccording to the documentary Hell on Wheels it was mostly built by a man named Cullen Bohannon with his own hands. When he got tired, he used some Chinamen and I think maybe a woman dressed as a man for a stretch.
minus-square@A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoAlso, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature.
minus-squareTakatakatakatakataklinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIt was when Cullen Bohannon single handedly constructed the Union Pacific Railroad in 1865.
Yeah, but who BUILT our rail system?
Like many other things, we don’t like to talk about it…
According to the documentary Hell on Wheels it was mostly built by a man named Cullen Bohannon with his own hands. When he got tired, he used some Chinamen and I think maybe a woman dressed as a man for a stretch.
Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature.
It was when Cullen Bohannon single handedly constructed the Union Pacific Railroad in 1865.