California and Oregon Railroad

Nevada California Oregon

California and Oregon Railroad

In 1868, Congress passed an act to construct a railroad connecting California and Oregon. The California and Oregon Railroad Company was designated to build it from Marysville, California to Portland, Oregon. Daily Alta California (January 24, 1870): Two to three hundred Chinese were employed in Marysville for the California and Oregon Railroad Company.

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