Local History:

Plum Alley, Salt Lake's Chinatown

More Historical Photos

Chinese: Asian Americans in Utah, A Living History
By Eric Yuan-Chin Cheng for Asian Americans in Utah, A Living History. Published in 1999 by the Asian American Advisory Council of the Utah Office of Asian Affairs. Used with permission by the author. (PDF format: 198K, 28p.)

The Hidden History of Plum Alley, Salt Lake's Chinatown
Narration by William Louie, a retired Chinese American architect born in Ogden, Utah. Photos from the Utah State Historical Society and Deseret News.

More Historical Photos of Chinese in Utah
From the Utah State Historical Society and Deseret News archives.

The Chinese in Utah
Utah History Encyclopedia web site.

The Pioneer Chinese in Utah
Utah History to Go: Peoples of Utah web site.

Census Data of Chinese and Asian Population in Utah
State of Utah Office of Asian Affairs web site.

Transcontinental Railroad and Utah:
Here is a list of Web sites related to the historical railroad experience in Utah. If you are looking for information on early Chinese railroad workers in the U.S., please click on General Web Links.

The Chinese at Promontory, Utah
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.

Golden Spike National Historical Site
Utah History Encyclopedia web site.

Golden Spike National Historic Site
National Park Service.

Ogden Union Station

Photos of Golden Spike, Promontory, Utah

Railroad and mining in Utah, 1860s
Video clip from Utah Collection of Multimedia Encyclopedia web site.

Library Materials:

Utah State Historical Society Online Collections Catalog

Working Together: A Utah Portfolio
An Oral History Institute Photography Exhibit, Marriott Library, University of Utah (1986).

Chinese Americans in Utah
Photos of people by the Utah Association of Chinese History. From the Special Collections Dept. of the Marriott Library, University of Utah (1999-2000).