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Tentative Schedule of Events
Saturday, August 30 - Tuesday, September 2
Exhibit at the Holiday Inn
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/).
3:00 -6:00 pm: Welcome reception with exhibit in Capital Board Room at the Utah State Capital, Second Floor, 350 N State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84114
3:30 pm Watch a short film about the Transcontinental Railroad.
4:00 pm Group photo at the Utah State Capital
Make arrangements to spend the night in Salt Lake City, UT, Evanston, WY or Rock Springs, WY.
Friday, August 29
Visit the Train Station and Joss House in Evanston, WY (https://www.uintacountywy.gov/195/Chinese-Joss-House-Museum).
8:30 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.
7:00 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.
(307) 872-6435, https://www.sweetwatermuseum.org/
Walking tour of downtown Rock Springs and tour of locations related to the massacre
Visit Rock Springs Historical Museum, 201 B St, Rock Springs, WY 82901.
(307) 362-3138, https://www.rswy.net/departments/museum/index.php
Lunch provided
View massacre murals at Community Fine Arts Center, 400 C St, Rock Springs, WY
(307) 362-6212, https://www.cfac4art.com/
3:00 pm Author Talk with Teow Lim Goh at the Rock Springs Historical Museum https://teowlimgoh.com/
Speakers
Group dinner
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
Speakers
7:00 pm Dinner at Holiday Inn
Monday, September 1
Visit Chinese cemetery in Rock Springs, blessing of ancestors
Lunch provided
Gathering at the Leo’s
Speakers
Group dinner
Tuesday, September 2
8:30 am: Dedication of the statue with guest speakers
Group photo following dedication
Reception at the Holiday Inn
Tentative Speakers
Dudley Gardner, Director of Western Anthropological and Archaeological Research Institute, Professor Emeritus from Western Wyoming Community College
Peter Lau, retired scientist and Taishan history and genealogy researcher
Major General Robert G.F. Lee, U.S. Army (Retired), Congressional Gold Medal Design & Review Commitees and Military Advisor Committee member for the CAWW2 Recognition Project
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/
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 of Anthropology, Grinnell College, historical archaeologist
Official Photographer: Karen Zhou
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