Beyond Tunnel Vision: Recovering the Hidden Stories of the Transcontinental Railroad

The National Park Service is reimagining how the agency tells the complex story of the Transcontinental Railroad at Golden Spike National Historical Park and other historic sites in the American West. Responding to longstanding absences, the project team seems innovative ways of documenting, preserving, and interpreting labor, environmental, and indigenous histories of the TCRR (among other topics). The working group will bring together scholars, educators, interpreters, cultural resources experts, and other partners to discuss current trends in TCRR scholarship and preservation, assess the needs of communities with historical ties to the railroad, and explore ways of delivering these stories to the public.