This Week in Moab - Chinese Railroad Workers, Excavating History with Chris Merritt

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On the latest This Week in Moab, state historic preservation officer Christopher Merritt discusses a recent excavation of a Chinese railroad worker's home in northern Utah. It was the first scientific investigation of a railroad town in the state. Merritt talks about how this type of archeology can help fill in the pages of our history books, and how the descendants of Chinese railroad workers helped bring this project into being. Show Notes: Polk, Michael R and Christopher W. Merritt, "Rails East to Ogden: Utah's Transcontinental Story". Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Series, No. 29, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EaHuWSRmjPxk_Vf6qJ5Y2-tBFRC3qXmu/view

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