ABOUT 1000 FEET FROM THIS LOCATION IS THE TRACK OF 
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. IN 1865 THOUSANDS OF 
CHINESE IN KWANTUNG PROVENCE CHINA WERE RECRUITED 
TO WORK ON THIS GREAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EAST 
AND WEST COAST . THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE 
MEMORY OF THOSE CHINESE LABORERS WHO WORKED 
FOR CHARLES CROCKER OF THE CENTRAL 
PACIFIC RAILROAD.