The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West
CUB Junior Ballroom 210Dr. Ryan Dearinger, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of History, Eastern Oregon University Ryan Dearinger tells the story of the immigrants and Americans—the Irish, Chinese, Mormons, and native-born citizens—whose labor created the West's infrastructure and turned the nation's dream of a continental empire into a reality. Salvaging stories often omitted from the triumphant narrative of […]