The "Iron Horse" also brings a wave of Chinese immigration. Designed by Gary Takamoto, the Chinese segment shows the workers on the transcontinental railroad, which was built largely by Chinese labor. The faces which appear in the smoke of the locomotive honor those who died in the course of this mammoth undertaking. A surge of racism that accompanied the Chinese immigration led to the so‑called "Chinese Massacre " when vigilantes hung 11 Chinese in a downtown Los Angeles street.

The signing of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which Mexico ceded "Upper" California to the U.S., opened the West to a boom of settlement and development including the beginnings of the citrus industry. At the same time, the suffrage movement (segment designed by Olga Muniz) began its work in the state.

1890 L.A. Mountains to the Shore





Designed by American Indian artist Charlie Brown, "From the Mountains to the Shore" begins with San Pedro Harbor where, until recently, there was a great abundance of flying fish. In the town the "Red Car" provided an early energy efficient form of transportation. The typical shops and buildings of turn‑of‑the‑century L.A. are depicted in this lyrical segment.