Chang leverages his duties in procuring Chinese laborers to his own advantages. Chang is an antogonist to Bohannon and Tao.

Huntington is one of the financiers of the Central Pacific Railroad - the competing company completing the westward end of...

The main protagonist of Hell on Wheels, Cullen Bohannon is a former Confederate soldier and plantation owner from Mississippi who...

A recently freed and educated slave, whose father was a white plantation owner. Elam seeks to establish a better life...

Abducted as a child and raised by Indians, Eva has adapted an independent survivalist personae. With few options, she becomes...

The son of a Mormon bishop who is taken in by Ruth after the murder of his family at the...

A racist railroad worker who, upon escaping certain death, marries Eva, much to the dismay of Elam Ferguson, her true...

As superintendent for the Central Pacific Railroad, Strobridge is essentially Bohannon's right-hand man in supervising construction. Strobridge is a devote family man, with his wife and children living onsite.

Appointed by President Grant as the first governor of Wyoming Territory, John Campbell attempts to establish order in Cheyenne while...

A former member of the Cheyenne who embraces the teachings of Reverend Cole. He attempts to establish peaceful relations with...

After escaping a violent attack from Indians that left her husband dead, the intelligent and brave Lilly Bell leverages her...

A driven newspaper reporter covering the railroad's construction...

Maggie Palmer is an astute business woman who invests heavily in Cheyenne under the belief that it will become a...

Tao's daughter, in disguise as his son, Fong, Mei establishes an intimate bond with Bohannon. Mei supplements her father's duties as a leader and translater for the Chinese laborers.

The older, and often wiser, of the McGinnes brothers, who have arrived to seek their fortune and escape the clutches...

A Mormon girl who weds Cullen Bohannon after it's discovered that she's carrying his baby...

A railroad laborer and former slave, Psalms is the hard-working friend of Elam Ferguson and serves a leader for the...

Possessing guilt for his troubled past, Reverend Cole reverts to preaching the value of faith through his church while attempting...

The estranged daughter of Reverend Cole, Ruth arrives after the sudden death of her mother. Shrouded with an act of...

The younger, troublesome, and arguably more ambitious, of the McGinnes brothers, who have arrived to seek their fortune and escape...

Tao's position as a leader and translater for the Chinese laborers poises him as a nemesis to Chang.

The wealthy financier behind the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Durant will stop at nothing to see his line...

The ruthless and unyielding Thor Gundersen initially serves as Durant's Chief of Security, accountant, and right-hand man. The Swede, as...