<em><strong>Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way</strong></em>
<strong>Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny</strong>
<strong>The railroad disrupts nature and bears down on the viewer, with the locomotive's light shining like a jewel. Wild deer scatter to the left, but the cleared field offers no refuge--the stumps, that catch the light of the west-setting sun, and the still sunlit cabin, are a sign of progress.</strong>
<strong>Andrew W. Melrose</strong>
<p><strong>Museum of the American West</strong></p>
<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA </strong></p>
<strong>1867</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Oil on canvas</strong></p>
<p><br /><strong> Height: 64.8 cm (25.51 in.)</strong></p>
<p><strong> Width: 116.8 cm (45.98 in.)</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>
<strong><em>Chinese Labor on Trans-Continental Railroad</em><br /></strong>
<strong>The Trans-Continental Railroad</strong>
<strong><strong>Chinese labor during the building of the Trans-Continental Railroad</strong></strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>http://www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/info/info.html</strong>
<strong>Unknown</strong>
<strong>Public Domain</strong>
<p><strong>Photograph</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dimensions unknown</strong></p>
<strong>English</strong>
<strong>Still Image</strong>