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My Birthdate
1818 BuildingI was born in a big home. I was the second boy and child in the family. Government didn't like me and wanted to kill me. My parents left me on the streets and left. A women in poverty found me a decided to raise me. I was raised in a poverty village where all the homes were little tents very cloe to each other. -
Life in China
Chinese PovertyI still lived in poverty on the streets of China. Many families all around me are also suffering from poverty. My home is made of a stick and tree brach sculpture with a waterproof blanket for my roof. I worked as a guard for the government with almost no pay in return. Once I heard that there is gold across the ocean I knew what I had to do. -
Arriving to Angel Island
[history of Angel Island](web4homes.com)We finally arrive to Angel Island from a long boat ride from eastern China. My wife is caught having a disease and is sent back to China. I stay on Angel island for 5 months in a small shack with bad living conditions. This is still better than my old way of life. Many chinese people are waiting to leave the Island for San Francisco. -
Leaving Angel Island
Angel IslandI am still on Angel Island. My wife got over her disease and returned to the Island. We finally left the Island 3 weeks later. As we walk the streets in San Francisco looking for a home, we are badly mistreated and threatened. My friend was shot just for being Chinese. We find a home and spend all we got on it. It is a second floor apartment room. -
Gold Rush
Gold RushI now head to the gold rush fields to strike gold. I am supposed to pan it from rivers. My wife also helps pan for gold somewhere else. I am lucky and pick up $100,000 worth of gold from the rivers. My wife got nothing so we decide to leave. On the way out I am forced to protect my gold as people try to pick a fight with me. I have a lot of muscle and is able to fight them all off. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Transcontinental RailroadI am now 44 years old and I have a job to hammer spikes into rails starting from Sacremento, California. I take a walk on one of my first days when Indians kidnap me. The next day our camp has a battle with the Indians and wins. When no Indians are around I escape their camp and flee straight for home by foot. I find a person headed to Utah with a horse and wagon and decide to ride along. My wife and I make our new home in Omaha, Utah where I grow an orchard
