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minus-squareTakatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months 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-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoAlso, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature.
minus-squareTakatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt was when Cullen Bohannon single handedly constructed the Union Pacific Railroad in 1865.
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.