Schedule

Tentative Schedule of Events

Thursday, August 28

Visit the Chinese Railroad Worker’s Monument at the Utah State Capital on your own
(https://crwda.org/monument-at-utah-state-capitol/).

4:00 - 8:00 pm: Welcome reception in Capital Board Room at the Utah State Capital, Second Floor, 350 N State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84114
5:30 pm Watch a short film about the Transcontinetal Railroad.
6:00 pm Group photo at the Utah State Capital

Make arrangements to spend the night in Salt Lake City, UT or Evanston, WY.

Friday, August 29

Visit the Train Station and Joss House in Evanston, WY (https://www.uintacountywy.gov/195/Chinese-Joss-House-Museum).

9:30 am: Professor Dudley will give a talk in the Beeman-Casin building (35 10th St, Evanston, WY 82930) (https://www.evanstonwy.org/facilities/facility/details/BeemanCashin-15) followed by guided tour of the Joss House.

Fort Bridger Rendezvous (https://fortbridgerrendezvous.net/).

Lunch on your own.
1:30 pm guided tour by Professor Dudley Gardner.

Check into hotel in Rock Springs, WY.

Approximately 7:00 - 7:30 pm Chinese buffet dinner at China Garden (https://www.facebook.com/chinagardenwyoming#) in Green River, WY.

Saturday, August 30

Visit Sweetwater County Historical Museum, 3 East Flaming Gorge Way, Green River, Wy 82935 at 10:00 am.

(307) 872-6435, https://www.sweetwatermuseum.org/

Lunch on your own

2:00 pm Visit Rock Springs Historical Museum, 201 B St, Rock Springs, WY 82901.
(307) 362-3138, https://www.rswy.net/departments/museum/index.php

View massacre murals at Community Fine Arts Center, 400 C St, Rock Springs, WY
(307) 362-6212, https://www.cfac4art.com/

Group dinner with speakers

Sunday, August 31

9:00 am: Tour of historic locations (#3 and #6 coal mines, marker near Western Wyoming College).

Rock Art, Stage Station (Point of Rocks)

Picnic in the park

Dinner with guest speakers at Holiday Inn, display of Chinese families who lived in Rock Springs

Monday, September 1

Walking tour of downtown Rock Springs and tour of locations related to the massacre

Visit Chinese cemetery in Rock Springs, blessing of ancestors

Lunch provided

Gathering at the Leo’s

Group dinner with speakers

Tuesday, September 2

8:30 am: Dedication of the statue with guest speakers

Group photo following dedication

Lunch at Bunning Park provided

Tentative Speakers

Dudley Gardner, Director of Western Anthropological and Archaeological Research Institute, Professor Emeritus from Western Wyoming College

Peter Lau, PhD, scientist, translator and Chinese history researcher

Wilson Lee, co-founder of Chinese American Heritage Foundation, member of Congressional Gold Medal for Chinese American WWII veterans committee, descendant of Transcontinental Railroad workers

Cheryll Leo-Gwinn, artist, granddaughter of Leo Pack (Pak) Jung who was appointed by Ah Say to be the Chinese agent to employ men and secure business for the railroad companies after his death, Leo-Gwin studios, https://www.leogwin.com/

Ricky Leo, Rock Springs native, descendant of railroad workers and coal miners in Rock Springs, member of Southern California Congressional Gold Medal for Chinese American WWII veterans committee, and past president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

Grace Leo, secretary of Ventura County Chinese American Historical Society, member of Southern California Congressional Gold Medal for Chinese American WWII veterans committee, Camarillo Family YMCA board of managers, past president of the Ventura County Chinese American Association

Teow Lim Goh, author and poet, https://teowlimgoh.com/

Jeff Yee Litt, member of the Leo family and descendant of coal miner, Leo Lung Ming, who survived the Rock Springs massacre and Leo Yee Litt, the last Chinese coal miner employed by the Union Pacific Railroad

Russell Low, physician and author, the great-grandson of Hung Lai Wah, a Transcontinental Railroad worker, and Tom Ying, a rescued child slave.

Jennifer Messer, Museum Coordinator, Rock Springs Historical Museum

Laura Ng, Assistant Professor, Grinnell College, historical archaeologist

Official Photographer: Karen Zhou

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