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Artists Ride, and Reframe, the U.S. Railroad in The Other Side of the Tracks
Carried by the rails that their ancestors laid, rode, or resisted, nine artists challenge dominant histories of the Transcontinental Railroad in this multi-venue exhibition. OGDEN—Conventional histories of the Transcontinental Railroad are speeding caravans of common themes such as American exceptionalism, economic power, ingenuity, and expansion. On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford, co-founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, united the eastern and western sections of the railroad with a 17.6-karat gold spike. The joining of the rails was the culmination of work that began in 1863, laying track eastward from Sacramento, California, a project that employed over 15,000 laborers, 13,000 of whom were Chinese immigrants. A close examination of photographs by Andrew J. Russell, who documented the Golden Spike Ceremony at Promontory Point in Utah reveals that the Chinese workers were pushed to the periphery that day. Russell quite literally cropped them out of visual history.
‘The Office’ actor Rainn Wilson offers laughter and advice to Weber State grads
OGDEN, Utah — When Weber State University asked students who they wanted as a graduation speaker, students said a celebrity. That’s why Rainn Wilson was featured at WSU’s 2024 commencement. Wilson is best known for his role as Dwight Schrute in NBC’s sitcom “The Office.” He spoke at the school on April 26.
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